Many Protestants ( especially those belonging to the magisterial traditions, such as Lutherans, or those such as Methodists, that broke away from the Anglican Communion ) accept the teachings of the first seven councils but do not ascribe to the councils themselves the same authority as Roman Catholics and the Eastern Orthodox do.

Many of these churches reject the idea that anyone other than the authors of Scripture can directly lead other Christians by original divine authority ; after the New Testament, they assert, the doors of revelation were closed and councils can only give advice or guidance, but have no authority.

Many councils also have their own bus operators, such as Tampere City Transit ( TKL ), which operates some bus lines on a commercial basis in competition with privately owned providers.

Many cities, including New York City, once used it to break up the Democratic Party city councils monopolies on elective office.

Many tax rates set by local councils proved to be much higher than earlier predictions, leading to resentment even among people who had supported it.

Many people have surmised that the decision to abolish the GLC was made because of the existence of a high-spending left-wing Labour administration under Livingstone, although pressure for the abolition of the GLC had arisen before Mr Livingstone took over, and was largely driven by the belief among the outer London Borough councils that they could perform the functions of the GLC just as well.

Many cities have ordinary district councils, which share power with county councils.

Many councils now choose not to use any area title, and simply refer to themselves as councils, e. g. Palerang Council, Burwood Council.

Many signs commemorate significant events such as the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953, the passing of Millennium or local celebrations such as the centenary of the formation of local councils.

( Many councils today have removed the requirement that Advocacies must be completed to the Camp Fire program, citing that opportunities don't always exist for members enrolled in all areas of the country.

Many councils, for example, Birmingham City Council, maintain a list of locally listed buildings as separate to the statutory list ( and in addition to it ).

Many of the villages on the Quantocks have their own parish councils, which have some responsibility for local issues.

Many radio stations are community based operated by join UN and community councils, activists, youth groups, universities and neighborhood programs.

Many of the Town's past councils are made up of members of this party. However in the 2009 Local Elections the party was reduced to just one member out of nine on Ennis Town Council.

Many acts allow companies or councils to employ constables for a specific purpose.

Many local councils, organisation, community groups and individuals expressed concerns throughout the proposal and construction phases, over the alterations to traffic patterns and flows and how Eastlink would impact upon local roads in their respective areas.

Many local union organizations directly affiliated with the NDP, giving these local union bodies the right to participate in the Party's conventions and councils.

Many early regional councils evolved from the private, nonprofit regional planning organizations of the 1920s, and even more were formed in the years following World War II.

Many large local government councils in the United Kingdom have a system of area committees, with responsibility for services in a particular part of the area covered by the council.

Many Marxists and most anarchists believe that workers ' councils embody the fundamental principles of socialism, such as workers ' control over production and distribution.

Many of the forts now are under the control of the town councils and the nature department, and may be visited.

Many of the toll-road bonds still are selling at prices that offer the prospect of an annual yield of 4 per cent, or very close to that.

Many assemblers offer additional mechanisms to facilitate program development, to control the assembly process, and to aid debugging.

Many BBSes also offer on-line games, in which users can compete with each other, and BBSes with multiple phone lines often provide chat rooms, allowing users to interact with each other.

Many retailers open very early ( typically 5 am or even earlier ) and offer doorbuster deals and loss leaders to draw people to their stores.

Many events offer beginner-level instructions for up to half an hour before the dance.

Many also offer continuing and adult education.

Many of the challenges listed above offer a glimpse into some of the obstacles that corporations implementing a CRM suite face ; in many cases time, resources and staffing do not allow for the troubleshooting necessary to tackle an issue and the system is shelved or sidestepped instead.

Search-engine filters: Many search engines, such as Google and Alta Vista offer users the option of turning on a safety filter.

Many faiths around the world — from Japanese Shinto and Chinese traditional religion, to certain African practices and the faiths derived from those in the Caribbean, to Native American beliefs — hold that ancestral or household spirits offer daily protection and blessings.

Many departments offer honors programs requiring students seeking that distinction to engage in " independent, sustained work ," culminating in the production of a thesis.

Many mainline Protestant churches offer communicants gluten-free alternatives to wheaten bread, usually in the form of a rice-based cracker or gluten-free bread.

Many Americans attribute the dish to France and offer as evidence a notation by U. S. President Thomas Jefferson.

Many restaurants offer their house pikilía ( variety ) a platter with a smorgasbord of various mezedes that can be served immediately to customers looking for a quick or light meal.

Many artisanal, hand made cheeses, both common varieties and local specialties, are produced by small family farms throughout Greece and offer distinct flavors atypical of the mass produced varieties found commercially in Greece and abroad.

* Many credit cards offer payment protection plans which are a form of credit insurance.

Many paint makers now offer faux-maroger's media or faux-megilps, generally made by substituting different materials, such as lime, for genuine lead, or ( as in the case of Gamblin's Neo-Megilp ) by creating a similar product out of specially thickened alkyd medium.

Many establishments offer karaoke on a weekly schedule, while some have shows every night.

Many offer points collection with the Qantas frequent flyer program or conversion to points for Virgin Australia's Velocity Rewards program.

Many operators offer dial-up internet service, and wireless internet services.

Many systems also offer a web interface for reading and sending email that is independent of any particular MUA.

Many even have institutes of higher learning that offer degrees in notarial law.

Many object databases, for example VOSS, offer support for versioning.

Many foreign deities become assimilated into Hinduism, and some Hindus may sometimes offer prayers to Jesus along with their traditional forms of God.

Many of these offer triple-play services consisting of a fixed line service, broadband internet access and access to television programmes.

Many opponents of school choice such as Martin Carnoy argue that public schools perform similarly to private schools when teaching similar groups of students, and that the conception of public schools as " failing " in comparison to private schools is more due to the demographic differences between public and private schools than to actual differences in the quality of the education the schools offer.