Many of us may even be secretly relieved at having a plausible excuse to delegate ancient civic responsibilities to a new bureaucracy of experts.

Many ancient civilizations alloyed metals for purely aesthetic purposes.

Many ancient historians accuse Agrippina of poisoning Emperor Claudius, though accounts vary.

Many ancient cultures, including the ancient Egyptians and ancient Greeks, used specially selected mold and plant materials and extracts to treat infections.

Many city-states in ancient Greece limited debt slavery to a period of five years and debt slaves had protection of life and limb, which regular slaves did not enjoy.

Many changes that were subsequent with ancient historians, despite following in his footsteps, criticised Herodotus, starting with Thucydides.

Many believe that al-kīmīā is derived from χημία, which is in turn derived from the word Chemi or Kimi, which is the ancient name of Egypt in Egyptian.

Many thinkers point to the concept of citizenship beginning in the early city-states of ancient Greece, although others see it as primarily a modern phenomenon dating back only a few hundred years.

Many of the ancient Persian columns are standing, some being more than 30 metres tall.

Many ancient cultures used adorned daggers in ritual and ceremonial purposes, a trend which continues to the present time in the form of art knives.

Many of the insect endosymbionts have been shown to have ancient associations with their hosts, involving strictly vertical inheritance.

Many heraldic shields derive from ancient house marks.

Many of the kings of ancient Greece traced their lines to one or another of these, notably the kings of Sparta and Macedon.

Many ancient civilizations were influenced by the Silk Road, which connected China, India, the Middle East and Europe.

Many other ancient societies have references to this phenomenon, but it was not until the 19th and 20th centuries before the concept developed into scientific theory.

Many ancient cultures around the world have independently discovered and formulated inks for the purposes of writing and drawing.

Many sectors were left in ruins and ancient monuments became fields of grass used as pastures for animals, thus the Roman Forum became the campo vaccinio: the field of cows.

Many of these writers used Pausanias as their guide to the geography and sights of the region, but were also concerned to correlate modern Greek place-names with ancient evidence.

Many ancient murals have survived in Egyptian tombs ( around 3150 BC ), the Minoan palaces ( Middle period III of the Neopalatial period, 1700-1600 BC ) and in Pompeii ( around 100 BC-AD 79 ).

Many Buddhist philosophical works lost in Tibet and elsewhere are preserved in older and purer form in Mongolian ancient texts ( e. g. the Mongolian Kanjur ).

Many contemporary and technologically advanced movies often rely on ancient myths to construct narratives.

Many applications, practices, and devices associated or involved in metallurgy were established in ancient China, such as the innovation of the blast furnace, cast iron, hydraulic-powered trip hammers, and double acting piston bellows.

Many devotees and critics of Korzybski reduced his rather complex system to a simple matter of what he said about the verb " to be.

</ br > Many Calvinist critics of Arminianism, both historically and currently, claim that Arminianism condones, accepts, or even explicitly supports Pelagianism or Semi-Pelagianism.

Many critics considered Johnson's actions were passive and delayed, and thought his defense of the Monroe Doctrine in this instance was weak.

Many nationalist movements, such as the French National Front, Austrian Freedom Party, or the Italian Lego Nord are opposed to globalization, but argue that the alternative to globalization is the protection of the nation-state, sometimes, according to critics, in explicitly racist or fascist terms.

Many critics have negative views of the new stadium.

Many critics came to view the work as a tragedy in which Don Quixote's innate idealism and nobility are viewed by the world as insane, and are defeated and rendered useless by common reality.

Many critics have argued that Thomas ' work is too narrow and that he suffers from verbal extravagance.

Munch also produced multi-colored versions of " The Sick Child " which sold well, as well as several nudes and multiple versions of Kiss ( 1892 ) Many of the Parisian critics still considered Munch's work " violent and brutal " but his exhibitions received serious attention and good attendance.

Many critics now regard it as one of the finest shows in television history, including TV Guide, which ranked it No. 21 on their list of the 50 greatest TV shows of all time.

Many contemporary analysts and even art critics have begun to see artistic value in some graffiti and to recognize it as a form of public art.

Many of these critics advocated or engaged in deprogramming as a method to liberate group members from apparent brainwashing.

Many French critics angrily rejected Wagner's music dramas while many French composers closely imitated them with variable success.

Many critics denounced its violence as sadistic and exploitative.

Many critics see his worldview as a misanthropic, Hobbesian view of nature as essentially evil and savage.

Many critics draw an intellectual link between sociobiology and biological determinism, the belief that most human differences can be traced to specific genes rather than differences in culture or social environments.

Many critics associations, such as New York Critics Circle and Los Angeles Film Critics Association, chose Saving Private Ryan as Film of the Year.

Many critics have seen in this development pattern ( which was circularly distributed in every direction ) also a quick solution to a problem of public order ( keeping the unwelcome poorest classes together with the criminals, in this way better controlled, comfortably remote from the elegant " official " town ).

Many of these films enjoyed both good takes at the box office and attention from critics.

Many critics and audiences have likened the film to a modern Western, while many others dispute this, or liken it to a crime novel that revolves around mistaken identity plot devices.

Many critics opined at that time that Gretzky was " too small, too wiry, and too slow to be a force in the NHL ".

Many critics believe that Gromit's silence makes him the perfect straight man with a pantomime expressiveness that drew favourable comparisons to Buster Keaton.

Many of Balzac's works have been made into or have inspired films, and they are a continuing source of inspiration for writers, filmmakers and critics.

Many critics of Smart Growth point to deficiences in Smart Growth regulations — it is hard to criticize principles that promote " best practices ," " stewardship ," and " quality of life.

Many commentators and critics focus on American policies from 1992 to the present, and as such, it carries different connotations depending on the context.