Its great natural strength and situation, not far from the mouth of the Sis pass, and near the great road which debouched from the Cilician Gates, made Anazarbus play a considerable part in the struggles between the Byzantine Empire and the early Muslim invaders.

Its focus is on individual moves or short sequences of moves, unlike traditional climbing or sport climbing, which generally demand more endurance over longer stretches of rock where the difficulty of individual moves is not as great.

Its prominence outside China is due to the great numbers of early emigrants from Guangdong.

" Its brilliant flares were clearly visible for great distances at sea, and at night its glowing lava turned it into a brilliant luminous cone.

Its high profile and popularity make it a merchandising environment, which results in great investments from sponsors and budgets in the hundreds of millions for the constructors.

Its 2, 138 pages prompted Playfair to remark that “ The great size of the book, and the obscurity which may justly be objected to many parts of it, have probably prevented it from being received as it deserves .”

Its connotation is that of an accomplishment arrived at by great effort of time and energy.

According to Lt. Gen. Leonard T. Gerow, President of the Board which recommended its formation, " The College is concerned with grand strategy and the utilization of the national resources necessary to implement that strategy ... Its graduates will exercise a great influence on the formulation of national and foreign policy in both peace and war ...."

Its gross profits were great as well, as they surpassed that of all 13 American colonies combined, up until the 19th century, despite being thousands of times smaller.

Its extensive coastlines on the Persian Gulf and Red Sea provide great leverage on shipping ( especially crude oil ) through the Persian Gulf and Suez Canal.

Its English protagonist Edward Waverley, like Don Quixote, a great reader of romances, has been brought up by his Tory uncle, who is sympathetic to Jacobitism, although Edward's own father is a Whig.

Its structure was drawn with great care and architects from all over the world were called for this purpose.

Its refinement, cooking techniques and use of ingredients were of great influence to the cuisine of the Central Thai plains.

Its creation largely stemmed from the great public outcry over the Excise Act of 1754, which gave tax collectors unlimited powers to interrogate colonists concerning their use of goods subject to customs and permitted the use of a general warrant known as a writ of assistance, allowing them to search the homes of colonists and seize “ prohibited and uncustomed ” goods.

Its width varies from, due to the great number of islands.

" Its great architects ," the historian Clive Trebilcock writes, " Colonel T. E.

Its western anchor, Nanga Parbat, lies just south of the northernmost bend of Indus river, its eastern anchor, Namcha Barwa, just west of the great bend of the Tsangpo river.

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Its great advantage was that, unlike engraving which requires special skill in metalworking, etching is relatively easy to learn for an artist trained in drawing.

Its great advantage was that, unlike engraving which requires special skill in metalworking, etching is relatively easy to learn for an artist trained in drawing.

Its caudal fins had a similar shape to the great white sharks and the pelagic shortfin and longfin makos.

Its length was 110 m, and its breadth 55 m, so that it was actually longer than the great Temple of Olympian Zeus at Agrigentum, though not equal to it in breadth.

Its compact span for a given lifting area allows for great maneuverability and it is still used for aerobatics aircraft and crop dusting.

Its great biological diversity can be attributed to the presence of five of the seven life zones and three of the four desert types in North America.

Its famous catechetical school, while sacrificing none of its famous passion for orthodoxy since the days of Pantaenus, Clement of Alexandria, and Origen of Alexandria, had begun to take on an almost secular character in the comprehensiveness of its interests, and had counted influential pagans among its serious auditors.

Its arch, which was constructed from over of stone blocks in just 18 days, is the second largest stone arch in the world, surpassed only by the Friedensbrücke ( Syratalviadukt ) in Plauen, and the largest railroad stone arch.

Its most common isotope einsteinium-253 ( half life 20. 47 days ) is produced artificially from decay of californium-252 in a few dedicated high-power nuclear reactors with a total yield on the order of one milligram per year.

Its rapid production schedule was inspired by UK series Drop The Dead Donkey, where each episode was written and taped in a single week and scripts were closely based on the real news stories of the preceding seven days.

Its fleet consists of 277 regular buses and 35 buses for handicapped persons, and its ridership is estimated at 112, 000 on work days.

Its jingle ( conceived in the days when Pepsi cost only five cents ) was used in many different forms with different lyrics.

Its most stable isotope, < sup > 222 </ sup > Rn, has a half-life of 3. 8 days.

Its concentration is an index of the average blood glucose level throughout the life of the red blood cell ( about 90 days in most cases ).

Its production takes between 7 to 10 days.

Its official release was on October 17, 2007, but many stores began selling it five days in advance due to an internet leak of the album.

Its orbital period is around 13. 5 days, coincident with its rotational period.

Its 889-page final report was presented to President Johnson on September 24, 1964 and made public three days later.

Its proper meaning, however, is that of a lucky break, or a bright interval set in the midst of adversity ; just as the days of calm and mild weather are set in the height of winter for the sake of the kingfishers ' egglaying.

Its maximum dive time is around five days.

Its days as a mining center were short lived, but it did draw a Native population and existed for many years as a village.

Its location between Mission San Luis Obispo and Mission San Antonio de Padua provided a stop on the trip that had previously taken two days.

Its rapid growth during that period led its city council to fill most of the town's canals, canals dug in the area's early days when it was a prime source of peat.

Its contact with and settlement by Europeans dates back to the days of the French Illinois Territory.

Its provision of an MDA compatible high quality text mode in combination with a ( for its time ) high resolution graphics mode ( as well as aggressive pricing ) made the Hercules card extraordinarily popular in the early days of the PC.

Its most famous attribute was the dance hall, a family activity in those days.

Its rotation period is 11. 2 days at the equator.

Its days appeared numbered after being listed as one of the plants that would be shut down due to Chrysler's bankruptcy proceedings.

Its release fell just two days before the bombing of Pearl Harbor, which brought the United States into World War II.

Its visual range is 6. 5 – 13. 9 and its average period is 507. 5 days.