Much of the Libyan Navy was rendered inoperable by NATO bombing in 2011, and the exact number of surviving vessels is unknown.

It was presented by Leslie Phillips and included new interviews with Betty Marsden and Barry Took, period interviews with Kenneth Horne, and rare excerpts from surviving wartime episodes of Much Binding in the Marsh.

Much of the surviving information about the Scythians comes from the Greek historian Herodotus ( c. 440 BC ) in his Histories and Ovid in his poem of exile Epistulae ex Ponto, and archaeologically from the exquisite goldwork found in Scythian burial mounds in Ukraine and Southern Russia.

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.

Much of the art surviving from Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire is Christian art, although this in large part because the continuity of church ownership has preserved church art better than secular works.

Much missing material has been recovered in video, and surviving video has been restored by the British Film Institute.

Much of his work, including collection of plants, mollusks, fossils, aboriginal artifacts and information, was done with the help of his youngest surviving son, William Henry Arnold Newcombe ( 1884-1960 ).

Much historical research and outreach work is done by the Old Plymouth Society, and many of the oldest surviving buildings were restored and are still owned and maintained by the Plymouth Barbican Association.

Much of the surviving information about Egeria comes from a letter written by the 7th century Galician monk Valerio of Bierzo.

Much of the surviving art comes from tombs and monuments and thus there is an emphasis on life after death and the preservation of knowledge of the past.

Much to their surprise, the ship traps the exploring crew inside with the surviving Spung, which includes Warlord Shank and Elmira.

Much of the surviving material is in precious metal, which no doubt gives a very unrepresentative picture, but apart from Pictish stones and the Insular high crosses, large monumental sculpture, even with decorative carving, is very rare ; possibly the few standing male figures found, like the Warrior of Hirschlanden and the so-called " Lord of Glauberg ", were originally common in wood.

Much of his sacred music dates from after his appointment as Hofkapellmeister in 1788.

Much of the music of this region is Celtic in nature, but originates in the local area and celebrates the sea, seafaring, fishing and other primary industries.

Much of the work on computer music has drawn on the relationship between music theory and mathematics.

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 folk music growth in the 1930s was in the area of live performance, particularly in folk festivals that began during the 1930s.

Much like Vapor Trails, the music is primarily recorded with multiple layers of guitars, bass, drums and percussion.

Much of the music by the band The Acacia Strain is written from a nihilistic point of view.

Much of the most widely admired piano repertoire in classical music, for example, that of Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven, was composed for a type of instrument ( the fortepiano ) that is rather different from modern instruments this music is normally performed on today.

Much like music, chess would remain a passion, and he became acquainted with world chess champions José Raúl Capablanca, whom he beat in a simultaneous exhibition match in 1914, and Mikhail Botvinnik.

Much of the music was made with MIDI devices.

Much viol music predates the adoption of equal temperament tuning by musicians.

Much of the music in these years was ballroom-themed.

Much of their work has been inspired by hip hop music, as suggested in the cover song " Wicked ", and " All in the Family ".

" had composed a brilliant new score ( his most subtle yet ) to a scintillating libretto .... Iolanthe is the work in which Sullivan's operetta style takes a definite step forward, and metamorphosis of musical themes is its characteristic new feature .... By recurrence and metamorphosis of themes Sullivan made the score more fluid ...." Much of Sullivan's " fairy " music pays deliberate homage to the incidental music written by Felix Mendelssohn for a production of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Much of the recitative of George Gershwin's opera Porgy and Bess, for instance, is merely DuBose and Dorothy Heyward's play Porgy set to music as written-in prose-with the lyrics of the arias, duets, trios and choruses written in verse.

Much of his piano music, chamber music, vocal music and orchestral music has entered the standard concert repertoire.

Although earlier BBC radio shows such as Much Binding in the Marsh, Take It From Here and Beyond Our Ken had conditioned listeners to a mix of music, sketches and jokes within a 30 minute show, and Round the Horne was also doing this, ISIRTA ( as it was known to its friends ) accelerated the transitions, and it certainly seemed more improvised.

Much of the plot is also similar ; Petruchio vows to marry Catharine before he has even seen her, she smashes a lute over the music tutor's head, Baptista fears no one will ever want to marry her ; the wedding scene is identical, as is the scene where Grumio teases her with food ; the haberdasher and tailor scene is very similar ; the sun and moon conversation, and the introduction of Vincentio are both taken from Shakespeare.

Much of Bizet's larger-scale vocal music is lost ; the early Te Deum, which survives in full, is rejected by Dean as " a wretched work merely illustrates Bizet's unfitness to write religious music.

Much as they had to look forward to, they didn't begrudge a moment of the time they spent seeing them go.

Much of the interior survives from that time.

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 the expertise and equipment had to be acquired from abroad, notably from Britain, whose canal system was the most advanced in the world at that time.

Much of the motoring industry at the time noted that the adopted style did not translate well to the more compact Holden.

Much of this complexity ( e. g., multiple clients accessing the same mailbox at the same time ) is compensated for by server-side workarounds such as Maildir or database backends.

Much time went into ensuring a sufficient supply of these items.

Much advancement has undoubtedly been made toward cooperation between architect and librarian, and many good designers have made library buildings their specialty, nevertheless it seems that the ideal type of library is not yet realized — the type so adapted to its purpose that it would be immediately recognized as such, as is the case with school buildings at the present time.

Much time may nevertheless be spent on basic physical training, such as stance training ( zhan zhuang ), stretching and strengthening of muscles, as well as on empty hand and weapon forms which can be quite demanding.

Much of Sergius ’ pontificate has been maligned throughout history, principally through the reporting of his character and the state of Rome at the time by Liutprand of Cremona.

Much of the ragtime recorded in this period is presented in a light-hearted novelty style, looked to with nostalgia as the product of a supposedly more innocent time.

Much of Barker's writing concerns a time approximately 50, 000 years after Tékumel has entered its pocket dimension.

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 prosperity took place throughout the empire at this time, ruled as it were by the Five Good Emperors, a succession of just and able rulers.

Much of the time, most of the faunal remains do not survive.

Much of the architecture of the time belongs to a remarkably strong Modern ( rationalist ) Architecture current, led by Horia Creangă and Marcel Iancu, which managed to literally change the face of the city.

Much of the modern perception of Queen Tamar was shaped under the influence of 19th-century Romanticism and growing nationalism among Georgian intellectuals of that time.

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 to her disappointment, Catherine does not see Henry again for quite some time.

Much has been made of Edward's sexual licentiousness, but there is no evidence of any infidelity on the king's part before Alice Perrers became his lover, and by that time the queen was already terminally ill.

Much of the time, however, the needed psychological pressure is self-applied ; once the victims have put money in toward the payoff, they feel they have a vested interest in seeing the " deal " through.

Much of the wealth on which the city of Manchester, and surrounding towns, was built in the late eighteenth century, and for much of the nineteenth century, was based on the processing of slave-picked cotton .. Other British cities also profited from the slave trade. Birmingham, the largest gun producing town in Britain at the time, supplied guns to be traded for slaves.

Much about this subject has changed dramatically since that time, and continues to do so.

Much of these maternal deaths were due to Puerperal fever, at the time commonly known as childbed fever.

Much of the subject matter of old school hip hop centers around partying and having a good time.