Much of this area receives only traces of rain during the entire year ; at Faya Largeau, for example, annual rainfall averages less than.

Much of the watershed gets less than a year.

Much later, he suggested that in modern times, the best scientists and engineers usually have to choose between either doing their work for more or less questionable business and military interests in a Faustian bargain, or not pursuing their line of work at all.

Much less commonly, the photon can be symbolized by hf, where its frequency is denoted by f.

Much of the 968's luxury-oriented equipment was removed or taken off the options list ; less sound deadening material was used, electrical windows were replaced with crank-driven units, upgraded stereo systems, A / C and sunroof were still optional as on the standard Coupe and Convertible models.

Much less commented-on than the order of the keys is that the keys are not on a grid, but rather that each column slants diagonally ; this is because of the mechanical linkages – each key being attached to a lever, and hence the offset prevents the levers from running into each other – and has been retained in most electronic keyboards.

Much of the material upon their first album had been performed regularly at The Casbah, and the band were able to record this album in the space of less than two weeks.

Much less common is the coffee spoon, which is a smaller version of the teaspoon.

Much as a surgical team during surgery is led by one surgeon performing the most critical work, while directing the team to assist with less critical parts, it seems reasonable to have a " good " programmer develop critical system components while the rest of a team provides what is needed at the right time.

Much less is known on how the brain accomplishes short-term maintenance and goal-directed manipulation of information.

Much analysis is done by transmission companies to determine the maximum reliable capacity of each line ( ordinarily less than its physical or thermal limit ) to ensure spare capacity is available should there be any such failure in another part of the network.

Much less well-known is the musical " mimodrama " of Vittorio Monti, Noël de Pierrot a. k. a. A Clown's Christmas ( 1900 ), its score set to a pantomime by Fernand Beissier, one of the founders of the Cercle Funambulesque.

Much of this stems from the fact that the individual cities each have populations less than 75, 000, and do not have much of a presence on their own.

Much less common are labiodental affricates, such as in German and Izi, or velar affricates, such as in Tswana ( written kg ) or High Alemannic Swiss German dialects.

Much of this is due to higher antenna losses and a less efficient antenna pattern.

Much less often they may arise as the result of migration of squamous epithelium through a perforation in the ear drum.

Much to his father's disappointment, John learned at an early age to look down on everyone less affluent than his family as a " peasant ".

Sherrin attempted to revive the formula with Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life, but this was less successful.

Much later, in the 4th or 5th century, appears the large collection of recipes conventionally entitled ' Apicius ', the only more or less complete surviving cookbook from the classical world.

It is estimated that about 720 years was required to fill the lake to its present depth of 594 m. Much of this occurred during a period when the prevailing climate was less moist than at present.

Much modern red glass is produced using copper, which is less expensive than gold and gives a brighter, more vermilion shade of red.

Much less commonly, it uses leaf tea, primarily sencha ; see sencha tea ceremony, below.

Much attention has been given to the special case that the function f is a polynomial ; there exist root-finding algorithms exploiting the polynomial nature of f. For a univariate polynomial of degree less than five, there are closed form solutions such as the quadratic formula which produce all roots.

Much less successful was another Space Adventures superhero, Mercury Man, star of two stories in 1962.

He that hath a beard is more than a youth, and he that hath no beard is less than a man: and he that is more than a youth is not for me, and he that is less than a man, I am not for him ...-William Shakespeare – Excerpt from Much Ado About Nothing – Act 2, Scene I

Much of Wilmington's economy is based on its status as the most populous and readily accessible city in Delaware, a state that made itself attractive to corporations with business-friendly financial laws and a longstanding reputation for a fair and effective judicial system.

Much of the attractive landscape is still covered in olive groves.

Much of the historical shanty repertoire, being by definition designed to suit work, is less attractive as entertainment listening.

Much of the advertising around Tab was geared towards women with an emphasis on the fact that it could help them keep physically fit, even going so far as to appeal to their desire to look attractive to men.

Much of the area is made up of middle class suburban commuter developments, with some attractive older terraced housing too, easpecially around Lilyhill Street and Nipper Lane, and it also encompasses an area of larger properties surrounding Ringley Road and Park Lane.

Much of the Thai population finds luk khrueng highly attractive because of these features, and within teenage culture, they are also extremely popular.

In contrast to the old series, which had Jeff as the womaniser, here Marty is the flirtatious one, with Jeff once commenting that he would have thought Marty's obsession with sex would have ended due to his lack of a body ( Much like Al Calavicci in Quantum Leap, who spent much of his time watching the attractive women encountered during the Leaps despite their inability to see him ).

Much of this is recorded in art from that period, usually portraying groups of attractive women lounging nude by spas and pools.

Much of the shine that makes healthy hair so attractive is due to the cuticle.

Much more than shelter, housing symbolizes social status, a sense of `` belonging '', acceptance within a given group or neighborhood, identification with particular cultural values and social institutions, feelings of pride and worth, aspirations and hopes basic to human well-being.

Much of the distinct character of France's anthropology today is a result of the fact that most anthropology is carried out in nationally funded research laboratories ( CNRS ) rather than academic departments in universities

Much of biochemistry deals with the structures, functions and interactions of cellular components such as proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, nucleic acids and other biomolecules — although increasingly processes rather than individual molecules are the main focus.

Much more than the Second Council of Nicaea ( 787 ) the Council fathers of Trent stressed the pedagogical purpose of Christian images.

Jones, whose work had been nominated eight times over his career for an Oscar ( winning thrice: For Scent-imental Reasons, So Much for So Little, and The Dot and the Line ), received an Honorary Academy Award in 1996 by the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, for " the creation of classic cartoons and cartoon characters whose animated lives have brought joy to our real ones for more than half a century.

Much faster than the PDP-9 even in basic form, the PDP-15 also included a floating point unit and a separate input / output processor for further performance gains.

Much more than a renovation project however, Domitian's building program was intended to be the crowning achievement of an Empire-wide cultural renaissance.

Much more than a " gloomy coda to the ... 1st century " the Roman Empire prospered between 81 and 96, in a reign which Theodor Mommsen described as the sombre but intelligent despotism of Domitian.

Much to their surprise, the audience liked them better as comedians than as singers.

She was also noted for her wit ; among her numerous sayings and quips are " Much more genius is needed to make love than to command armies " and " We should take care to lay in a stock of provisions, but not of pleasures: these should be gathered day by day.

As the worldwide implications of Nuclear Winter began to be taken seriously in the late 1980s Much interest by military analysts shifted to fusing of nuclear warheads to explode at low, rather than high altitude.

) As L. C. Croft has written, " Much of Gosse's success was due to the fact that he was essentially a field naturalist who was able to impart to his readers something of the thrill of studying living animals at first hand rather than the dead disjointed ones of the museum shelf.

Much of the motion of the lower leg is driven by the forces transferred from the upper leg rather than by the action of the muscles.

Much like her daughter Marianne, she is very emotive and often makes poor decisions based on emotion rather than reason.

Much of his work was dedicated to demonstrating that religious phenomena stemmed from social rather than divine factors.

* The Trust Territory of Togoland under British administration ( British Togoland ): Much smaller than French Togoland, this territory was merged in 1956 with the British colony of the Gold Coast, which was granted independence as Ghana in 1957.

Much of his work, however, and much of that of his students and followers later, relies on speculation rather than empirical observation of the body.

Much better is it oftentimes to grow wise at home and in private, than by publishing what you have amassed with infinite labour, to stir up tempests that may rob you of peace and quiet for the rest of your days.

Much more powerful than first-generation TMs, they include a linguistic analysis engine, use chunk technology to break down segments into intelligent terminological groups, and automatically generate specific glossaries.

Much of what we know about Robert-Houdin comes from his memoirs — and his writings were meant more to entertain than to chronicle, rendering it difficult to separate fact from fiction.