Much of contemporary Indian law shows substantial European and American influence.

Much of what is known of Allen's captivity is known only from his own account of the time ; where contemporary records are available, they tend to confirm those aspects of his story.

Much of Caesar's life is known from his own accounts of his military campaigns, and from other contemporary sources, mainly the letters and speeches of Cicero and the historical writings of Sallust.

Much of contemporary China's transport systems have been built since the establishment of the People's Republic in 1949.

Much contemporary casual clothing is made of knit materials that do not readily wrinkle, and do not require ironing.

Much is inferential and speculative, though numerous clues have emerged from his works and the writings of contemporary composers, theorists, and writers of the next several generations.

Much of his work focused on squaring the circle and reproducing cubes, both in his own attempts at these problems or in criticizing the work of other contemporary mathematicians.

Much of contemporary democratic theory juxtaposes an optimism about democracy against excessively hegemonic, fascist, or otherwise Statist regimes.

Much of William's work on Wulfstan, Bishop of Worcester is thought to derive from a first-hand account from Coleman, a contemporary of Wulfstan, William merely translating the document from Old English into Latin.

Much of this food may be considered as having been uniquely Australian-from such food items as macadamia nuts to kangaroo meat ( which is undergoing a renaissance of interest on contemporary Australian menus ).

Much contemporary use of the words venal or venality is applied to modern professional athletes, particularly baseball, basketball and American football players in the United States and soccer players all around the world.

Much of his work poked fun at contemporary politics and customs ; illustrations in such style are often referred to as " Hogarthian ".

Much of the true " con artistry " has been driven out of funfairs in the twentieth century, and combined with an increasing emphasis on the role of families and small children in such entertainment, contemporary showmen often find greater profit in pricing their games far above the value of the prizes being offered, with complex formulae for upgrading to the large prizes that advertise the game and instil desire among customers.

Much of the contemporary interest in corporate governance is concerned with mitigation of the conflicts of interests between stakeholders.

" Much of Clifford's contemporary prominence was due to his attitude toward religion.

Much of 19th-century classical social theory has been expanded upon to create newer, more contemporary social theories such as Multilineal theories of evolution ( neoevolutionism, sociobiology, theory of modernization, theory of post-industrial society ) and various strains of Neo-Marxism.

Much of the architecture is based on slightly earlier periods but with a contemporary edge.

* Much of the above information is taken from The Piano Book by Larry Fine ( 4th edition 2001 ; Jamaica Plain, MA: Brookside Press ; ISBN 1-929145-01-2 ), which contains a comprehensive survey of contemporary pianos.

Much as Metal Gear began as a pastiche of action movies of the time, characters were pastiches of contemporary action movie heroes.

Much of the works contributed by Pakistani musicians in the U. S. are often inspired by a fusion of contemporary and traditional American and Pakistani musical genres.

Much of Grew's pioneering work with the microscope was contemporary with that of Marcello Malpighi and the two reportedly borrowed freely from one another.

“ It would appear at times that a theologian need not actually know God .” Describing the theological crisis, Weinandy said: “ Much of what passes for contemporary Catholic theology, often is not founded upon an assent of faith in the divine deposit of revelation as proclaimed in the sacred scriptures and developed within the living doctrinal and moral tradition of the church .”

Much less concerned with the theosophy of his contemporary kabbalists, who were interested in theories of ten hypostatic sefirot, some of which he described as worse than the Christian belief in the trinity, Abulafia depicted the supernal realm, especially the cosmic Agent Intellect, in linguistic terms, as speech and letters.

His own Shakespearian roles included Falstaff, Othello, Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing, Henry VIII and Aaron in Titus Andronicus opposite Laurence Olivier ; he played Mosca in Ben Jonson's Volpone ; and he also appeared in contemporary plays.

Much has been made of the fact that major Catholic institutions now guarantee firm tenure.

Much to the anger of many Volunteers, MacCurtain, under pressure from Catholic clergy, agreed to surrender his men's arms to the British on Wednesday.

Much of Catholic France, organized into the Catholic League, refused to recognize a Protestant monarch and instead recognized Henry IV's uncle, Charles, Cardinal de Bourbon, as king as Charles X, and the civil war continued.

Much later, in the Late Middle Ages, the Roman Catholic Church on a few occasions used the term Dacia to denote Denmark, and referred to several notables from Denmark as " of Dacia ".

Much of the Irish poetry of the 17th century was therefore composed by Catholic clerics and Irish society fell increasingly under Counter reformation influences.

Following Catholic Emancipation in the first half of the 19th century, other Poor Clares came to the United Kingdom, eventually establishing communities in, e. g., Notting Hill ( 1857 ) ( which was forced to relocate by the local Council in the 1960s, and settled in the village of Arkley in 1969 ), Much Birch ( 1880 ), Arundel ( 1886 ), Lynton ( founded from Rennes, France, 1904 ), Woodford Green ( 1920 – 1969 ) and Nottingham ( 1927 ).

Much Hadham's parish church, built largely between 1225 and 1450, is notable for being shared between the St. Andrew ’ s Church of England ( Anglican ) congregation and the Holy Cross Roman Catholic congregation.

Much of this administration was facilitated by the Belgium missionary work in education and health, particularly the Roman Catholic Church and Greek fishermen who wanted more fishing points to supply the reported increase in demand for fish in the emerging mine town of Elizabethville ( now Lubumbashi ).

" Much of Brown's work was given a Nihil obstat and an Imprimatur ( the " nihil obstat " is a statement by an official reviewer, appointed by a bishop, that " nothing stands in the way " of a book being given an imprimatur ; the " imprimatur ," which must normally be issued by a bishop of the diocese of publication, is the official endorsement — " let it be printed " — that a book contains nothing damaging to Catholic faith and morals ).

Much of the population of the south were Roman Catholic, French-speaking, or liberals who regarded King William I's rule as despotic.

Much of the former GNR workforce was Roman Catholic.

Much of the zeal to reaffirm traditional Catholic tenets came from the history of the Reconquista.

Much debate in recent years over the sexual-abuse scandals in the Roman Catholic Church has brought about charges of " clericalism " in the sense of bishops and other leaders covering up the misactions of clergy under their leadership.

Much debate over clericalism appears to dwell on whether the high clergy should have as much control over church offices and functions as they do and whether the hierarchical and authoritarian nature of the traditional Catholic systems of promotion for clergy is effective in contemporary society.

Much of her teaching is known from the Salve Antoniana, her prayer that converted the Salve Regina ( Hail Holy Queen ) a Catholic prayer, into an anthem of the movement.

Much of the scholarship of the 1800s assumes that Galatia was a province to the north of the first missionary journey churches started through Paul and Barnabas ' ministry as described in Acts 13-14.

Much of central Asia and southern Russia was won over to Islam through the missionary work of the ṭarīqahs, and the majority of Indonesia's population, where a Muslim army never set foot, was converted to Islam by the perseverance of both Muslim traders and Sufi missionaries.