Many of the city-states of Germany were run by bishops, who in reality were from powerful noble families and showed scant interest in religion.

Many of the details of their discussions are unclear, but it appears that the churchmen emphasised that while they supported Stephen as king, they sought a negotiated peace ; Henry reaffirmed that he would avoid the English cathedrals and would not expect the bishops to attend his court.

Many Protestant Christians were burnt at the stake or otherwise killed in the reign of Queen Mary I of England, including Thomas Cranmer and two bishops Hugh Latimer and Nicholas Ridley, the Oxford Martyrs.

Many of the bishops in England did not want to be consecrated by Stigand.

Many Anglican bishops ( amongst them the Archbishop of York and most of his suffragans ) felt so doubtful as to the wisdom of such an assembly that they refused to attend it, and Dean Stanley declined to allow Westminster Abbey to be used for the closing service, giving as his reasons the partial character of the assembly, uncertainty as to the effect of its measures and " the presence of prelates not belonging to our Church ".

Many bishops and divines considered the proposed definition a false one.

Many limited themselves essentially to sacramental ministry and only consecrated a few other bishops.

Many Saint Thomas Christian bishops like Mar James Kalaserry and Metropolitan Abraham Mar Thoma, supported the nationalistic movemenets in 1930s and 1940s.

Many other churches declared for Chalcedon, and during the reign of Justin 2, 500 bishops gave their adhesion and approval.

* 1962 document orders secrecy in sex cases: Many bishops unaware obscure missive was in their archives by John L. Allen Jr., 7 August 2003 in National Catholic Reporter.

Many bishops were murdered during the turmoils of the 12th and 13th centuries, although most were not elevated to sainthood.

Many of the Concilium's measures were geared toward a stricter organization of the Frankish church, and to enforce such organization annual synods were called for, as well as real bishops and archbishops and the enforcement of canon law.

Many mainland bishops, whose dioceses were under Lombard were unhappy with the reconciliation.

Many Scottish churchmen had become Covenanters, a group of Presbyterians who bound themselves by oath to protect and defend their reformed church from the introduction of bishops and other Episcopalian features.

Many variants on the mate are seen, for example a king on e8 checkmated by bishops on g6 and a3, and a king on f1 checkmated by bishops on h3 and b6.

Many Catholic bishops wrote articles criticizing Jews on such grounds, and, when accused of promoting hatred of Jews, would remind people that they condemned the " bad " kind of anti-Semitism.

Many of these areas were so dangerous that bishops refused to visit them, although their refusal was also motivated by a distaste for the ritualism of the Anglo-Catholic clergy.

Many Italian bishops publicly voiced their displeasure with " Il Sabato ", which had begun openly to question the orthodoxy of certain groups and individuals within the Italian church.

Many bishops have also declared recognition of CFC in their dioceses, including John J. Myers, Archbishop of Newark.

Many other notable figures, including a number of bishops, have graduated from the seminary.

Many diocesan bishops decided not to grant certain priests or laypeople permission to use the older form of the Roman Rite.

Many of the bishops and patriarchs were chosen from their ranks.

Many of the friars left voluntarily, and were replaced by native Filipino priests in lower ranks and American bishops in the ranks of the episcopacy.

Many other ( probably nearly all ) snakes at maturity are already more than half their final length.

Many more died during the following months, while nearly two million Iraqis fled for their lives.

Many Komondors are " late bloomers ," not fully mature until nearly three years of age.

Many of these designs were improvised in the field, especially from explosive shells, but by the end of the war nearly 2, 000 standard pattern " Rains mines " had been deployed.

Many private employers give standards-based tests to determine whether job applicants have necessary job skills ( such as typing speed ), and nearly all government employees have to take and pass a civil service examination.

Pope Benedict XVI remarked: " Many will find it hard to adjust to unfamiliar texts after nearly forty years of continuous use of the previous translation.

Many Indic scripts have a similar sign, generically called virama, but the Tamil script is somewhat different in that it nearly always uses a visible puḷḷi to indicate a dead consonant ( a consonant without a vowel ).

Many of the scenarios in the book would be enacted as performance pieces throughout Ono's career and have formed the basis for her art exhibitions, including one highly publicized show at the Everson Museum in Syracuse, New York, that was nearly closed when besieged by excited Beatle fans who broke several of the art pieces and flooded the toilets.

In ancient times " Many of the noblest and best of the Athenians always considered the Spartan state nearly as an ideal theory realised in practice.

Many semi-automatic-only versions ( also known as " sporting " or " civilian " versions ) of fully automatic assault rifles are available, and their external appearance can be nearly identical to their automatic counterparts.

Many beginners are not aware of the false-tone resonances on their sousaphones because these notes reside in the sub-contra register, which is nearly impossible for most beginners to access.

Rosco frequently initiated car chases with Bo and Luke Duke ( whom Hogg wanted to get rid of due to them constantly exposing his corrupt schemes ), but the Duke boys were usually able to easily elude Rosco by outwitting him, with him usually meeting some accident in his patrol car as a result ( from which he would nearly always escape uninjured-only two episodes, the fourth season's " Coltrane Vs. Duke " and season six's " Too Many Roscos " toy with the concept of him being hurt during one of these escapades ).

Many believe vaccines are among the greatest achievements of modern medicine – in industrial nations, they have eliminated naturally occurring cases of smallpox, and nearly eliminated polio, while other diseases, such as typhus, rotavirus, hepatitis A and B and others are well controlled.

Many fires damaged this concentrated area, including one significant fire in 1865 that destroyed nearly 100 buildings.

Many modern color laser printers mark printouts by a nearly invisible dot raster, for the purpose of identification.

Many studios established in-house " special effects " departments, which were responsible for nearly all optical and mechanical aspects of motion-picture trickery.

Many disc brake pads will include some sort of soft steel spring or drag tab as part of the pad assembly, which is designed to start dragging on the disc when the pad is nearly worn out.

Many species were nearly hunted to extinction.

Many of the worst, like PKD in Persians and HCM in Maine Coons, have been nearly eliminated due to preventive screening, long term tracking and study by geneticists.

Many alphabetic systems such as those of Greek, Latin, Italian, Spanish and Finnish make the practical compromise of standardizing how words are written while maintaining a nearly one-to-one relation between characters and sounds.

Many arcades still exist in the US, but not in nearly the large numbers of the early 1980s.

Many early sporting events, such as the World Series and the first two Super Bowls, were also lost, though a nearly intact recording of the first Super Bowl was found recently.

Many happy memories are brought to my mind as I write these few lines and it hardly seems possible that nearly 32 years have passed since we were lads and enjoying the great out of doors, hiking, pitching tents, building fires and camping.

Many of these plumes came from birds in the Florida everglades, which were nearly entirely decimated by overhunting.