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 American anthropologists adopted his agenda for social reform, and theories of race continue to be popular subjects for anthropologists today.

Many species of Amaryllidoideae are popular as ornamentals in parks and gardens.

Many of these recipes have become very popular.

Many SysOps were transplants of the amateur radio community and thus amateur and packet radio were often popular topics.

* Lossy codecs: Many of the more popular codecs in the software world are lossy, meaning that they reduce quality by some amount in order to achieve compression.

Many ecclesias organise holidays for young people, the most popular form in the UK being camping holidays and Youth Weekends such as Swanwick and others locally organised by different ecclesias.

Many groups that were popular during the disco period subsequently struggled to maintain their success — even those that tried to adapt to evolving musical tastes.

Many popular vegetable juices, particularly ones with high tomato content, are high in sodium, and therefore consumption of them for health must be carefully considered.

Many popular synthesizers are not synthesizers in the classic definition of the word.

Many types of surfing are popular on the island, including traditional surfing, windsurfing ( where the board is propelled by a sail ) and most recently kitesurfing.

Many popular games played in modern casinos originate from Europe and China.

Many of them also accept unique listings of caches for their site, but these listings tend to be less popular than the international sites, although occasionally the regional sites may have more caches than the international sites.

Many churches today use contemporary worship music which includes a range of styles often influenced by popular music.

Many libraries and reading rooms were established in small towns and villages, and numerous printed periodicals reflected the growing interest in popular education.

Many who have no love for Puritan doctrine, nor sympathy with Puritan experience, have appreciated the pathos and beauty of his writings, and his Looking to Jesus long held its own in popular appreciation with the writings of John Bunyan.

Many religions popular in ethnic regions of the Soviet Union, including the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Catholic Churches, Baptists, Islam, Buddhism, and Judaism underwent ordeals similar to that which the Orthodox churches in other parts of the country suffered: thousands of monks were persecuted, and hundreds of churches, synagogues, mosques, temples, sacred monuments, monasteries and other religious buildings were razed.

Many projections would lose their elegant and popular properties.

Many modern day cooperatives are influenced directly or indirectly by economic mutualism that became popular in the late 19th century.

Many scholars in other fields use the term " myth " in somewhat different ways ; in a very broad sense, the word can refer to any traditional story or, in casual use, a popular misconception or imaginary entity.

Many instrumental performers and singers, including a number of music celebrities, have learned " by ear ", especially in folk music styles such as blues and popular styles such as rock music.

Many of these early motels are still popular and are in operation, as in the case of the 3V Tourist Court in St. Francisville, Louisiana, built in 1938.

Many stereotypically " nerdy " interests, such as superhero and Sci-Fi movies, are now popular culture hits.

Many pagans in North America encounter the movement through their involvement in other hobbies ; particularly popular with U. S. Pagans are " golden age "- type pastimes such as the Society for Creative Anachronism ( SCA ), Star Trek fandom, Doctor Who fandom and comic book fandom.

Many card games use stripped decks, and stripped decks for popular games are commercially available.