* Many patients with existing pulmonary disorders may not tolerate pneumoperitoneum ( gas in the abdominal cavity ), resulting in a need for conversion to open surgery after the initial attempt at laparoscopic approach.

Many attempts were made to adapt the existing systems to have better performance, but the overhead was always considerable and most of these efforts required the user-space programs to be moved back into the kernel.

Many of the existing cities began — or were compelled by force — to adopt Hellenized philosophic thought, religious sentiments, and politics.

Many cities striving to implement better TOD strategies seek to secure funding to create new public transportation infrastructure and improve existing services.

Many advocates also seek independence from existing infrastructures, although others, particularly in more urban settings, pursue more integration with existing infrastructure.

Many tang wai activists framed the Plains aboriginal experience in the existing anti-colonialism / victimization Taiwanese nationalist narrative, which positioned the Hoklo speaking Taiwanese in the role of indigenous people and the victims of successive foreign rulers (; ; ).

Many existing statues alternatively show her in typically feminine attire as well as those that depict her in the royal ceremonial attire.

Many states have laws that protect existing monuments and can have civil penalties if disturbed or destroyed.

Many of the evaluation approaches in use today make truly unique contributions to solving important problems, while others refine existing approaches in some way.

Many people have looked for a generic term to replace the numerous existing abbreviations.

Many government and private publishers use the artwork ( especially the contour lines ) from existing topographic map sheets as the basis for their own specialized or updated topographic maps.

Many options are available for today's manufacturer, and these include the use of existing DDNS services like dyn. com or no-ip. com or the use of custom services hosted by the manufacturer themselves.

Many occupation stories are influenced by the real human invasions by totalitarian governments, in which the alien invaders support existing human government infrastructures that welcome their new alien overlords or purge opposition governments and rebuild them in their own image and the enforcement of their rule through the use of collaborators and secret police.

Many of these systems are applied as upgrades to existing armour, which makes them difficult to place around the entire vehicle.

Many new dungeons were added to existing areas.

Many of the references in Zampanò's footnotes, however, are real — existing both within his world and our world outside the novel.

Many new designs and concepts were used in combat, and all existing technologies were improved between 1939 and 1945.

Many improvements have been made to the existing Route 4 arterial.

Many issues of reproductive technology have given rise to bioethical issues, since technology often alters the assumptions that lie behind existing systems of sexual and reproductive morality.

Many of the existing cottages in Onset were built as second homes for individuals from Boston, Taunton, Brockton and other northeastern cities who gathered to hear mediums communicate with the dead.

Many companies processed the massive piles of " overburden " that had been removed from copper mines, or expanded the existing open-pit mines to extract the gold ore. Gold mines as widespread as the Robinson project near Ruth, and AmSelco's Alligator Ridge mine from Ely, kept the town alive during the 1980s and 1990s, until the recent revival of copper mining.

Many Mormons, including prominent church leaders, maintained existing plural marriages well into the 20th century.

Many of the largest existing domes are of this shape.

Many spaceports have been placed at existing military installations, such as intercontinental ballistic missile ranges, which is not always ideal for satellite launches.

Many religions, whether they believe in the soul's existence in another world like Christianity, Islam and many pagan belief systems, or in reincarnation like many forms of Hinduism and Buddhism, believe that one's status in the afterlife is a reward or punishment for their conduct during life.

Many pagan celebrations were abandoned or Christianized during the process of conversion in Europe.

Many pagans and pagan traditions attempt to incorporate elements of historical religions, cultures and mythologies into their beliefs and practices, often emphasizing the age of their sources.

Many Unitarian Universalists consider themselves humanists, while others hold to Christian, Buddhist, Jewish, natural theist, atheist, agnostic, absurdist, pantheist, pagan, Taoist, and other beliefs.

Many native artworks were considered pagan idols and destroyed by Spanish explorers.

Many Christian writers, including Lactantius, Augustine, Giordano Bruno, Marsilio Ficino, Campanella and Giovanni Pico della Mirandola considered Hermes Trismegistus to be a wise pagan prophet who foresaw the coming of Christianity.

Many liturgical practices and beliefs are asserted to be adapted from pagan customs or human preferences, however in some cases they were carried over from Temple Judaism, which practices most Christians believe were first given to Moses and the high priests by God.

Many of the crosses have probably been raised on pagan grave fields when the family was baptized.

Many religions, whether they believe in the soul ’ s existence in another world like Christianity, Islam and many pagan belief systems, or in reincarnation like many forms of Hinduism and Buddhism, believe that one ’ s status in the afterlife is a reward or punishment for their conduct during life, with the exception of Christianity, which believes one's status in the afterlife is a gift from God and cannot be earned during life.

Many themes are interwoven in its complicated episodic structure, but the most important plot is the paladin Orlando's unrequited love for the pagan princess Angelica, which develops into the madness of the title.

Many Christian writers, including Lactantius, Augustine, Giordano Bruno, Marsilio Ficino, Campanella and Giovanni Pico della Mirandola considered Hermes Trismegistus to be a wise pagan prophet who foresaw the coming of Christianity.

" Many Hasidim, occasionally including Rebbe Yoel Teitelbaum himself, referred to the town as " Sakmar " to avoid use of its allegedly " pagan " name.

Many nontrinitarians contend that the doctrine of the Trinity is a prime example of Christianity borrowing from Indo-European and Egyptian pagan sources.

Many scholars believe that the early Christians used " Babylon " as a euphemism for pagan Rome, so that their small community wouldn't be found out and persecuted even more.

Many of the tribes retain animist, or " pagan ", beliefs, particularly in the mountains near the Nigerian border.

Many Icelandic Norsemen were baptized and called themselves Christians, but little of their old Pagan rituals and beliefs had been abandon, for example cremating a corpse and drinking heavily after a funeral were pagan rituals.

Many 17th-century Puritans disapproved of such festivities, believing them to be of pagan origin, and they particularly disapproved of any celebration on a Sunday or a church holiday such as Whitsun.

Many scholars believe that Zilant, like other flying snakes, symbolized the evil rulers of the neighboring pagan peoples.