Many countries, including some US states, also permit the use of less severe corporal punishment for children in school.

Many countries now observe a similar holiday.

Many of the stories have them travel to foreign countries, though others are set in and around their village.

Many European countries, such as Germany, ban most Sunday shopping.

Many European countries still place strong restrictions on store opening hours on Sundays, an example being Germany's Ladenschlussgesetz.

Many countries, including signatories of the BWC, currently pursue research into the defense or protection against biological warfare, which is not prohibited by the BWC.

Many Central European countries and regions were parts of the German Empire | German and the Austro-Hungarian empires ; thus they also have historical and cultural connections.

Many countries have extended the length of their copyright terms ( sometimes retroactively ).

Many countries have state-owned banks or other quasi-government entities that have entirely separate functions, such as financing imports and exports.

Many countries such as the United States will monitor and control the banking sector through different agencies and for different purposes, although there is usually significant cooperation between the agencies.

Many of those countries still hold the traditional memorial ceremony every year.

Many other countries also play.

Many countries have forms of business entity unique to that country, although there are equivalents elsewhere.

Many countries use a post-enumeration survey to adjust the raw census counts.

Many of the remaining 10. 4 % were immigrants — or descendants of recent immigrants — from neighbour countries, Turkey, Iraq, Somalia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, South Asia, and from the Middle East.

Many countries are replacing broadcast analog television with digital television to allow other uses of the television radio spectrum.

Many merchants from Amsterdam and Zeeland decided to work with marine and merchants from Hamburg, Glückstadt ( then Danish ), England and other countries.

Many specialists claim that it is impossible to advance significant development programs with such a little public sector ( the tax burden in the United States is around 25 % of the GDP and in other developed countries of the EU it can reach around 50 %, like in Sweden ).

Many countries have growing electoral reform movements, which advocate systems such as approval voting, single transferable vote, instant runoff voting or a Condorcet method ; these methods are also gaining popularity for lesser elections in some countries where more important elections still use more traditional counting methods.

Many countries have adopted comprehensive environmental laws.

Many countries regulate their slaughterhouses by law.

Many countries of the world can be divided into distinct geographic regions, in each of which some physical characteristic is dominant, almost to the exclusion of others.

Many countries have extensive club competitions for junior and senior players.

Many Muslim countries ( such as Egypt and Tunisia ) have an official mufti position ; a distinguished expert in the sharia is appointed to this position by the civil authorities of the country.

Many " authentic Ainu villages " advertised in Hokkaido such as Akan and Shiraoi are tourist attractions and provide an opportunity to see and meet Ainu people.

Many anti-globalization activists call for forms of global integration that better provide democratic representation, advancement of human rights, fair trade and sustainable development and therefore feel the term " anti-globalization " is misleading.

Many file archivers employ archive formats that provide lossless data compression to reduce the size of the archive which is often useful for transferring a large number of individual files over a high latency network like the Internet.

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 stores in the U. S. provide a list of choices to choose from.

Many modern computer systems provide methods for protecting files against accidental and deliberate damage.

Many governments around the world provide subsidies to offset the high cost and make their production economically feasible.

Many exploits are designed to provide superuser-level access to a computer system.

Many environmental laws also provide for criminal penalties for egregious violations.

Many of these films were assisted by the newly formed Channel 4, which had an official remit to provide for " minority audiences.

Many companies often provide free samples to the press in order to generate media coverage for their products.

Many insurers in the US do not provide flood insurance in some parts of the country.

Many universities and public libraries use IR systems to provide access to books, journals and other documents.

Many also believe that a jury is likely to provide a more sympathetic hearing, or a fairer one, to a party who is not part of the governmentor other establishment interestthan would representatives of the state.

Many public libraries also serve as community organizations that provide free services and events to the public, such as reading groups and toddler story time.

Many software platforms provide a service called ping that can be used to measure round-trip latency.

Many libraries and schools provide internet access, including some mobile providers that travel between rural populations.

Many of the features common to the most widely practiced religions provide built-in advantages in an evolutionary context, she writes.

Many blogs provide commentary or news on a particular subject ; others function as more personal online diaries.

Many microkernels provide timeouts on IPC calls, which limit the blocking time.

Many patients respond well to treatment, which usually provide significant relief of symptoms.

Many, however, find more conventional orchestral configuration to provide better possibilities for color and depth.

Many production languages provide means to bypass or subvert the type system ( see casting ).

Many e-mail clients provide OpenPGP-compliant email security as described in RFC 3156.

Many surgeons or hospitals will also provide this information post operatively.