Much of the land surrounding the Detroit River is urbanized and, in some places, heavily industrialized.

Much more forest land – about 40 percent of the total forest land base – is subject to varying degrees of protection through processes such as integrated land use planning or defined management areas such as certified forests ( Natural Resources Canada ).

Much of the land along the Gulf Coast is, or was, marshland.

Much of their land remained unused because it lacked irrigation.

Much money has been spent for land amelioration projects involving the installation of drainage pipes, the straightening and deepening of natural streams, the digging of drainage ditches, and the construction of polder dams.

Much of the population engages in subsistence farming, even though only 10. 71 % of the country's surface is classified as arable land and 0. 13 % has permanent crops.

Much of the land has been ruined by soil erosion.

Much like Mormon ( who may have taken Amaleki as his model ), this last historian of the civilization that lasted for 400 years in the land of Nephi rose to the occasion and, filled with a sense of longing for what has been lost, eloquently recounted the last days of the Nephite people in their ancestral homeland, the land of Nephi.

Much of this success in defense lay in the world's first use of gunpowder ( i. e. with early flamethrowers, grenades, firearms, cannons, and land mines ) to fight back against the Khitans, the Tanguts, the Jurchens, and then the Mongols.

Much of this land was " debated " between England and Scotland, but the Earldom of Northumbria was eventually recognised as part of England by the Anglo-Scottish Treaty of York in 1237.

Much of the land acquired had been platted into lots in 1912 by the Munger Land Company and sold to investors.

Much of the land being opened up to Anglos in Mexican Texas was well suited for cotton, but raising cotton was a labor intensive endeavor at the time, profitable only by use of slave labor.

Much of the land is now under local control and commercial activity is based on tourism, crofting, fishing, and weaving.

Much of the land in the south part of the Valley, in Conejos and Costilla counties, was originally part of large Mexican land grants and is private land.

Much of the land was still owned by individual landowners, often private estates, but there was also property owned by public bodies such as the Crown, or charities which allow and encourage access such as the National Trust.

Much of the land that was not purchased by UCI ( which is now occupied by the cities of Irvine, Tustin, Newport Beach, and Newport Coast ) is now held under The Irvine Company.

Much of the land had been farmed too hard for too long, eroding and depleting the soil.

Much of the land between the coastal strip and the hinterland was once wetlands drained by this river, but the swamps have been converted into man-made waterways ( over 260 km, or over 9 times that of Venice, Italy ) and artificial islands covered in upmarket homes.

Much of the island's land mass has been lost to erosion, down to about from its original.

Much of the land purchased came from the Agnew Family in Tupelo who still owns some of the battlefield property.

Much work has been done on the reconstruction of Proto-Mon – Khmer in Harry L. Shorto's Mon – Khmer Comparative Dictionary.

* 2002 – So Much Shouting, So Much Laughter

Much of Chinese culture, literature and philosophy further developed during the Zhou Dynasty ( 1045 – 256 BC ).

Much of the musical repertoire written for harpsichord and organ from the period circa 1400 – 1800 can be played on the clavichord ; however, it does not have enough ( unamplified ) volume to participate in chamber music, with the possible exception of providing accompaniment to a soft baroque flute, recorder, or single singer.

Much of the controversy and dispute concerning the authenticity of the Gospel of Barnabas can be re-expressed as debating whether specific highly transgressive themes ( from an orthodox Christian perspective ) might already have been present in the source materials utilised by a 14th – 16th century vernacular author, whether they might be due to that author himself, or whether they might even have been interpolated by the subsequent editor.

Much of the western two-thirds of the country underlying the Pliocene – Pleistocene volcanics consist of Precambrian basement rocks.

Much of the development of the mandolin from Neapolitan bowl-back to the flat-back style ( actually, gently rounded and carved like a violin ) is attributable to Orville Gibson ( 1856 – 1918 ).

Much of the economic recovery which has followed the end of the Mozambican Civil War ( 1977 – 1992 ) is being led by investors and tourists from neighbour South Africa and from East Asia.

Much of what is known about axonal function comes from studying the squid giant axon, an ideal experimental preparation because of its relatively immense size ( 0. 5 – 1 millimeters thick, several centimeters long ).

Much of Paganini's playing ( and his violin composition ) was influenced by two violinists, Pietro Locatelli ( 1693 – 1746 ) and August Duranowski ( 1770 – 1834 ).

* 1834 – Much of the ancient structure of the Palace of Westminster in London burns to the ground.

* Most notably, the rights to four Paramount films directed by Alfred Hitchcock – Rear Window ( 1954 ), The Trouble With Harry ( 1956 ), The Man Who Knew Too Much ( 1956 ), and Vertigo ( 1958 ) were owned by the director himself.

* 1939 – 1950: " Twice as Much for a Nickel "

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 Roman history of the era is shrouded in legend but it is believed that during the reign of Servius Tullius, the census ( from Latin: censeō – accounting of the people ) was introduced.

These include Will Scarlet ( or Scathlock ), Much the Miller's Son, and Little John – who was called " little " as a joke, as he was quite the opposite.

Much of this may be categorized as computational chemistry, although computational chemistry usually refers to the application of theoretical chemistry in an applied setting, usually with some approximation scheme such as certain types of post-Hartree – Fock, density functional theory, semiempirical methods ( such as PM3 ) or force field methods.

Much of the original plasterwork, some dating back to the 1814 – 1816 rebuilding, was too damaged to reinstall, as was the original robust Beaux Arts paneling in the East Room.

Much of Beckett's work – including Godot – is often considered by philosophical and literary scholars to be part of the movement of the Theatre of the Absurd, a form of theatre which stemmed from the Absurdist philosophy of Albert Camus.

Much criticism has been leveled at this rather forced analogy, but what is equally significant is Adams' complete acceptance of the Biblical record as `` good and trustworthy history ''.

Much more important is to grasp the feelings of the narrator ( whose full name is never given ) as he becomes aware of the disorganized and bewildered mass of French prisoners clustered together in a temporary prison camp in and around the cathedral of Chartres.

Much of his earlier work was conceived in terms of a `` pseudo-anthropological '' myth reference, which is concerned with imaginary places and beings described in grandiloquent and travelogue-like language.

Much of this necessary increase in research and development, though properly chargeable to current expenses, is not reflected in earnings until projects are completed and the new machines sold in quantity, usually over a period of several years.

Much of the dirt and leaf stain is easily removed when damp, but requires dynamite if allowed to dry.

Much debate exists as to whether true altruism is possible.

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 energy is used in the vocalization and it takes a toll on the territory holder who may be displaced by a fitter rival if he tires.

Much of its shock value derives from the fact that the first portion of the essay describes the plight of starving beggars in Ireland, so that the reader is unprepared for the surprise of Swift's solution when he states, " A young healthy child well nursed, is, at a year old, a most delicious nourishing and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled ; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricassee, or a ragoust.

Much of the Alpine culture is unchanged since the medieval period when skills that guaranteed survival in the mountain valleys and in the highest villages became mainstays, leading to strong traditions of carpentry, woodcarving, baking and pastry-making, and cheesemaking.

Much of applied ethics is concerned with just three theories:

Much of the story is told first-hand, since Spalding had been involved in the game, first as a player and later an administrator, since the 1850s.

Much of the façade is decorated with a mosaic made of broken ceramic tiles ( trencadís ) that starts in shades of golden orange moving into greenish blues.

Much of the transportation of passengers is done via aircraft.

Much valued from antiquity to the present as a gemstone, amber is made into a variety of decorative objects.

Much of the most highly prized amber is transparent, in contrast to the very common cloudy amber and opaque amber.

Much of the book is set at his court in Brittany or during the campaign to retake his throne from Vortigern.

Much of the ACC transport is carried in this front, which is defined as the latitude at which a subsurface salinity minimum or a thick layer of unstratified Subantarctic Mode Water first appears, allowed by temperature dominating density stratification.

Much effort is also put into analyzing biological systems.

Much research is carried out into thin amorphous films as a gas separating membrane layer.