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 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 modern rebreathers use advanced electronics to monitor and regulate the composition of the breathing gas.

Many states have established gaming control boards to regulate the possession and use of slot machines.

Many transcription factors use one or the other of two opposing mechanisms to regulate transcription:

Many transcription factors, especially some that are proto-oncogenes or tumor suppressors, help regulate the cell cycle and as such determine how large a cell will get and when it can divide into two daughter cells.

Many other words related to normative or regulatory concepts derive from this same root, including correct, regulate, and rex ( meaning " king "), whence regal and thence royal.

Many societies exist that also aid in the design and registration of personal arms, and some nations, like England and Scotland, still maintain to this day the mediæval authorities that grant and regulate arms.

Many of the FARs are designed to regulate certification of pilots, schools, or aircraft rather than the operation of airplanes.

Many countries have introduced laws to regulate treatment of farmed animals.

Many commentators have argued that the failure to regulate the shadow banking market was a primary cause of the financial crisis.

Many countries regulate work hours to ensure that controllers are able to remain focused and effective.

Many societies which aggressively regulate sexual behavior tend to have high levels of hidden child sexual abuse, although if this level is lower or higher per capita than in sexually permissive societies is unknown.

Many agamid species are capable of limited change of their colours to regulate their body temperature.

Many communities attempt to regulate amateur radio or outdoor television antennas.

Many states also regulate broker-dealers under separate state securities laws ( called " blue sky laws ").

Many precocial chicks are not independent in thermoregulation ( the ability to regulate their own body temperatures ), and they depend on the attending parent ( s ) to brood them with body heat for a short period of time.

Many countries regulate the work week by law, such as stipulating minimum daily rest periods, annual holidays and a maximum number of working hours per week.

Many states regulate GAP insurance ( New York, for example, does not allow dealerships to profit from the sale of GAP insurance ).

Many writers ceased publishing as a consequence of refusing to join the German-installed Kultuurkamer ( Chamber of Culture ), which intended to regulate cultural life in the Netherlands.

Many of the 1875 Act's provisions were later enacted in the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Fair Housing Act, this time using the federal power to regulate interstate commerce.

Many emissions standards focus on regulating pollutants released by automobiles ( motor cars ) and other powered vehicles but they can also regulate emissions from industry, power plants, small equipment such as lawn mowers and diesel generators.

Many other patients have abnormal DNA methylation in different areas of 11p15, meaning that normal epigenetic marks that regulate imprinted genes in this region are altered.

Many countries strictly regulate the methodology applied to the MFM.

Many countries regulate both the exposure standard, the method used to determine the exposure and the methods to be used for chemical or other analysis of the samples collected.

Many liberals also believe that the government should regulate businesses to ensure safe and fair working conditions and to limit environmental pollution.