Many a motel owner -- when we've stopped there again -- has remembered us and has said he preferred our dogs to most children.

Many of the suggested systems seem to have only the most tenuous relationship to the language structures that they purport to represent.

Many churches find the Sunday school hour to be the most practical time for adult preparation classes.

Many methods are used in amateur astronomy, but most are variations of a few specific techniques.

Many desert annuals are therophytes, because their seed-to-seed life cycle is only weeks and they spend most of the year as seeds to survive dry conditions.

Many officials, including those from Maryland, Virginia and Louisiana, as well as Chief Justice Chase personally, underscored for the President that the Southern states were economically in a state of chaos and governmental disorganization, and most anxious to reach agreements that would restore them to the Union.

Many of his most notable sculptures were roundly criticized during his lifetime.

Many chess openings and variations are named after Nimzowitsch, the most famous being the Nimzo-Indian Defence ( 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 ) and the less often played Nimzowitsch Defence ( 1. e4 Nc6 ).

Many cultures feature autumnal harvest festivals, often the most important on their calendars.

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

Many variations were created, the most common of which is served cold rather than hot.

Many of these dance types are familiar from baroque music, perhaps most spectacularly in the stylized suites of J. S. Bach.

Many borzoi owners recommend feeding the dog from a raised platform instead of placing the food-dish on the ground, and making sure that the dog rests quietly for several hours after eating, as the most reliable way to prevent bloat.

Many, if not most, towns in northern Canada, where agriculture is difficult, exist because of a nearby mine or source of timber.

Many of the most visited attractions in Chile are protected areas.

Many notable sea canals were completed in this period, starting with the Suez Canal ( 1869 )-which carries tonnage many times that of most other canals-and the Kiel Canal ( 1897 ), though the Panama Canal was not opened until 1914.

Many of these institutions and organizations present the most current research and practical outcomes at annual community college conferences.

Many questions remain unanswered — most importantly, it is not clear why the couple split up — but Catullus's poems about the relationship display striking depth and psychological insight.

Many aspiring comedians who dream of becoming the next Russell Peters and Jerry Seinfeld never see the inside of a movie or television studio, but rather spend most of their careers doing stand-up in comedy clubs and other small venues, hoping to be discovered.

Many living organisms are able to produce crystals, for example calcite and aragonite in the case of most molluscs or hydroxylapatite in the case of vertebrates.

While Clausewitz was intensely aware of the value of intelligence at all levels, he was also very skeptical of the accuracy of much military intelligence: " Many intelligence reports in war are contradictory ; even more are false, and most are uncertain ....

Many cooking methods are used, with steaming and stir frying being the most favoured due to their convenience and rapidity.

Many international media, businesses, and organizations have regional headquarters in the city ; the Arab League has had its headquarters in Cairo for most of its existence.

* Many insects, such as mantises, dragonflies and most wasps

Many Continental or Traditionalist conservatives do not support separation of Church and state, with most supporting state recognition of and cooperation with the Catholic Church, such as had existed in France before the Revolution.

Many of the claims regarding the efficacy of alternative medicines are controversial.

Many bands, such as Mayhem and Gorgoroth, are noted for their controversial shows, which have featured impaled animal heads, mock crucifixions, medieval weaponry and band members doused in animal blood.

Many are often considered controversial because they step outside standard narrative and technical conventions.

Many of these traditions supported differing views on a variety of controversial matters.

Many definitions of philosophy begin by stating the difficulty of defining the subject, calling it " notoriously difficult ", saying that there is " no straightforward definition " and that most interesting definitions of philosophy are controversial.

Many studies have investigated a genetic link between this variation and cancer susceptibility, however, the results have been controversial.

Many of his films, such as Straw Dogs ( 1971 ), Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid ( 1973 ) and Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia ( 1974 ), remain controversial.

Many of the assertions put forth and conclusions reached by the authors are very controversial, ranging from the relationships between low measured intelligence and anti-social behavior, to the observed relationship between low African-American test scores ( compared to whites and East Asians ) and genetic factors in intelligence abilities.

Many of the reforms and ideals which Woodhull espoused for the working class, against what she saw as the corrupt capitalist elite, were extremely controversial in her time.

Many Democrats were uneasy with Wallace's New Age spiritual beliefs and by the fact that he had written coded letters discussing prominent politicians ( such as Roosevelt and Winston Churchill ) to his controversial Russian spiritual guru, Nicholas Roerich.

Many of the controversial opinions he expressed were common ( if not exactly popular ) at the time and his outspoken opposition to post-surrender denazification is still widely debated today.

First owned and published by Alexander Macmillan, Nature was similar to its predecessors in its attempt to “ provide cultivated readers with an accessible forum for reading about advances in scientific knowledge .” Janet Browne has proposed that “ far more than any other science journal of the period, Nature was conceived, born, and raised to serve polemic purpose .” Many of the early editions of Nature consisted of articles written by members of a group that called itself the X Club, a group of scientists known for having liberal, progressive, and somewhat controversial scientific beliefs relative to the time period.

Many native born Canadians of various ethnicities have converted during the last 50 years through the actions of the Ramakrishna Mission, ISKCON, Arya Samaj and other missionary organizations as well as due to the visits and guidance of Indian Gurus such as Guru Maharaj, Sai Baba, the controversial Rajneesh and others.

Many accused the NLRB of a general pro-union and anti-employer bias, pointing to the Board's controversial decisions in such areas as employer free speech and " mixed motive " cases, in which the NLRB held that an employer violated the Act by firing an employee for anti-union reasons even if the employee had actually engaged in misconduct.

Many of these are controversial, as they accuse Roman Catholics, Freemasons, Muslims and many other groups of murder and conspiracies, while Chick maintains his views are simply politically incorrect.

Many translators have claimed that their translations of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám are more literal and less controversial than those of Edward Fitzgerald.

Many new-generation Chinese authors who were the recipients of such government attention have been re-published in English and success in the western literary markets, namely Zhou Weihui's Shanghai Baby, Anchee Min's controversial memoir Red Azalea, Time Magazine banned-book covergirl Chun Sue's Beijing Doll, and Mian Mian's Candy.

Many of his urban paintings were quite controversial due to their exaggerated, plunging perspective.

Many more were built over the open land surrounding the Inn, although this was controversial at the time ; in November 1672 the Privy Council and Charles II himself were petitioned to order that nothing should be built on the open land, and a similar request was sent to the Lord Chancellor in May 1673.

Many of Blackstone's undergraduate texts survive, and they include few legal texts, instead being wide-ranging ; politics, current affairs, poetry, geometry and controversial theological texts.

Many recent road pricing schemes have proved controversial with a number of high profile schemes in the U. S. and the UK being cancelled, delayed or scaled back in response to opposition and protest.

Many books about religion, philosophy and science that might have been deemed controversial abroad were printed in the Netherlands and secretly exported to other countries.

Many pardons have been controversial.

Many observers and historians outside of North Korea, including South Korea, consider the site controversial.

Many workers, he contends, are dissatisfied with work ( as evidenced by absenteeism, goldbricking, embezzlement and sabotage ), so that what he says should be uncontroversial ; however, it is controversial only because people are too close to the work-system to see its flaws.