Much to the consternation of their Spanish ruling cousins, the Habsburg emperors who followed Charles V ( especially Ferdinand I and Maximilian II, but also Rudolf II, and his successor Matthias ) were content for the princes of the Empire to choose their own religious policies.

Much of the press comment was negative, expressing consternation that the heroine was an amoral seductress rather than a woman of virtue.

Much to his clients ' consternation, Vinny does not cross-examine any of the witnesses in the probable cause hearing.

Much to Frasier's consternation, Martin displays a rather shrewd native intelligence in playing chess, despite his lack of formal education, and he bests Frasier in all but one game ( that Martin likely threw just to satisfy his son ).

Much to Japan's astonishment and consternation, Russia moved almost immediately to occupy the entire Liaodong Peninsula and especially to fortify Port Arthur.

Much to the consternation of his mother, Dibnah sailed the boat along the nearby River Croal.

Much to the consternation of his demonic brethren, Hot Stuff sometimes performs good deeds to irritate them.

Much to Steve's consternation, she regards him with a mixture of apprehension and contempt, and spurns his requests for explanation.

Much of these pledges came from Yemen's wealthy Arab neighbors.

Much of the water rights were acquired through subterfuge, with purchases splitting water cooperatives and pitting neighbors against each other.

Much less is known about the lifeways of the Takelma Indians than about their neighbors in other parts of Oregon and northern California.

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 effort on behalf of those analyzing the theory currently is an attempt to clarify what these different hypotheses are, and whether they are proposals to ' test ' or ' manipulate ' outcomes.

Much of his personal correspondence with those and other figures is featured in the book The Groucho Letters ( 1967 ) with an introduction and commentary on the letters written by Groucho, who donated his letters to the Library of Congress.

Much of this would be contingent on government adherence to fiscal and monetary targets and policy reforms, such as those begun under the SMP, and Haiti's payment of its World Bank arrears ($ 30 million at 9 / 30 / 03 ).

Much of the population, swollen with refugees fleeing Saladin's conquest of the surrounding territory, was allowed to flee to Tyre, Tripoli, or Egypt ( whence they were sent back to Europe ), but those who could not pay for their freedom were sold into slavery, and those who could were often robbed by Christians and Muslims alike on their way into exile.

Much of this precipitation appears as snow, and the peaks of the Anti-Lebanon, like those of the Lebanon Mountains, are snow-covered for much of the year.

Much of statistics is non-mathematical: ensuring that data collection is undertaken in a way that allows valid conclusions to be drawn ; coding and archiving of data so that information is retained and made useful for international comparisons of official statistics ; reporting of results and summarised data ( tables and graphs ) in ways that are comprehensible to those who need to make use of them ; implementing procedures that ensure the privacy of census information.

Much of the controversy concerned the parts of the book in which the authors wrote about racial differences in intelligence and discuss the implications of those differences.

Much work needs to be done, though, to fully analyze the contributions of those languages to Yiddish.

Much of his literature concerns racial themes, especially those involving the plight of African-Americans during the late 19th to mid-20th centuries.

Much of the structure of the government of the United States was worked out in those five years, beginning with the structure and function of the cabinet itself.

Much of this work combines Mackintosh's own designs with those of his wife, whose flowing, floral style complemented his more formal, rectilinear work.

Much criticism of zoning laws comes from those who see the restrictions as a violation of property rights.

Much of the resentment was directed towards those individuals who had played a role in the Nazi republic, especially those who had never taken any responsibility for their actions.

Much of the enthusiasm for mobilizing Fundamentalism came from " Bible Colleges ", especially those modeled after the Moody Bible Institute in Chicago.

Much of the information on the Greek plants may have come from his own observations, as he is known to have travelled throughout Greece, and to have had a botanical garden of his own ; but the works also profit from the reports on plants of Asia brought back from those who followed Alexander the Great:

Much later, Ming dynasty ( 1300s-1600 ) scholar Chu Tsai Yu recognized 3 groups: those instruments using muscle power or used for musical accompaniment, those that are blown, and those that are rhythmic, a scheme which was probably the 1st of scholarly type, the other earlier ones being traditional, folk taxonomies.

Much more could be said of these various contests and their participants through the years, it being quite memorable for those who were there.

Much of the town's architectural heritage from those days has been preserved.

The town owns several islands in the reservoir as well, including those around Russ Mountain and Mount L. Much of the original town land was high ground, sloping down eastward towards the marshes near Lake Rohunta, along the Athol town line.

Much of the time, these sins are related to those of Adam and Eve in the book of Genesis.

Much of the impetus for her writing came from her need to earn a living for herself and her three children.

) 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.

As Sally M. Foster noted, " Much ink has been spilt over what the ancient writers meant by Picts, but it seems to be a generic term for people living north of the Forth-Clyde isthmus who raided the Roman Empire.

Much of the rain in these areas falls from October to January ; during the rest of the year there is very little precipitation, and all living creatures must conserve precious moisture.

Much of WMCF deals with the important concepts of infinity and of limit processes, seeking to explain how finite humans living in a finite world could ultimately conceive of the actual infinite.

Much of the population of the West Point CDP lives in outlying areas surrounded by extremely rural countryside with a large percentage living in substandard housing units.

Much of the growth of the area occurs around the lakes in the neighboring townships, in Pokegama, Chengwatana or Pine City Township, and as of the latest Census, the Pine City Zip Code ( 55063 ) had 9, 348 people living in it.

Much of the traditional klezmer repertoire was written by professional klezmer musicians in the style of their region or tradition, and a lot of co-territorial music such as non-Jewish folksongs, especially Romanian music ( mainly from Moldavia ), as well as Ukrainian music and Ottoman music, and the musics of other minorities living in the same areas as Jews in Southeastern Europe such as Crimean Tatars.

Much of the late 1980s found Noel unemployed and living in a bedsit, occupying his time with recreational drug use, songwriting and guitar playing.

Much of this area still had nominal Vainakh owners ( as per the clan system which acknowledges the ownership of a piece of land by a certain teip ), even after generations upon generations of not living there.

Much of the debt originated from attempts by the GDR to export its way out of its international debt problems, which required imports of components, technologies and raw materials ; as well as attempts to maintain living standards through imports of consumer goods.

“ 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 of the year was a struggle to survive in what was a strangely different culture to him ; his British salary converted into dollars was pitifully inadequate to meet American costs of living.

Much conflict would arise when one nation asserted territorial rights to land outside its borders on the basis of a common bond with the people living on that land.

Much is revealed about the Victorian ladies living at Hampton Court Palace through their letters, particularly their correspondence to the Lord Chamberlain's Office as the Ladies attempted to get around the regulations-to exchange their apartments for better ones, to sub-let their apartments for profit, to keep dogs, or other matters of convenience.

Much like a modern institution, the main building was reserved for the library and the living quarters of the staff, while the smaller building housed a collection of instruments built by Taqi al-Din.

Much of his early life is echoed in his novels, but when asked if they were autobiographical, he said: " It's not science fiction, it's in the real world that I'm living in.

Much living space in Hamburg was bombed out and people flee to the suburbs and exurbs such as Buxtehude.

Much of the fortified east gatehouse of the priory survives ( 15th century ), as does the ' Great House ', one of Scotland's best-preserved late medieval houses, which may have served as living quarters for the prior and monks.

Much of the local population make a living from fishing, handicrafts and the cultivation of shellfish, activities benefited from the natural wealth located along the coast.

Much of the fossilized vegetation was riparian, living along the river flood plains.

In 1999, the band spent four months living in San Diego, during which time they wrote several of the tracks that would eventually appear on their debut album So Much for the City ( such as " One Horse Town ").

Much of his theory related to living in rural surroundings on a modern homestead.

Much of that land historically had been controlled by Spain and then Mexico after they had taken the land from the Mayans who had already been living there.