Since the southern sky lacks an easily visible pole star, Alpha and Gamma ( known as Acrux and Gacrux respectively ) are commonly used to mark south.

Since Upwords lacks bonus squares found in Scrabble, players are not allowed to pluralize existing words by simply adding an " s " on the end of a word and ending their turn.

Since it lacks N-H bonds, the ammonium center cannot participate in tautomerization.

Since it lacks a compiler, it cannot be used to produce executable files, although its program source code can still be compiled by a QuickBASIC 4. 5, PDS 7. x or VBDOS 1. 0 compiler, if available.

Since the Norwegian Parliament lacks any form of investiture before a cabinet forms, the cabinet, if a minority government, may lack concrete support from its inception.

Since it lacks a capability to the billing file, it cannot designate that file for output.

Since has finished the work contains the finite verb has, it is a finite VP, and since finished the work contains the non-finite verb finished but lacks a finite verb, it is a non-finite VP.

* Since Hungarian lacks the phoneme, many Hungarian speakers substitute for when speaking in English.

# Since a being that lacks free will is not a personal being, a personal being who knows everything cannot exist.

Since there is no preferred way to choose an ordered basis of a vector space, a frame bundle lacks a canonical choice of identity cross-section.

Since the mid-1960s, there has been a reform movement by some Burmese writers ( in particular, leftist writers who believe that laymen's language ought to be used ) to abandon the formal style in favour of the vernacular style in writing, but the formal style remains the preferred form of Burmese writing, because " the spoken style lacks gravity, authority, dignity ".

Since it lacks any characters of the well-known modern phyla, it has been speculated that it is a stem group to one of the many phyla of worms that are poorly represented today.

Since bottled water processed with distillation or reverse osmosis lacks fluoride ions which are present in some natural ground water, it is possible that the drinking of distilled water may increase the risk of tooth decay due to a lack of this element now added to many water supplies.

Since it relies on restricting air flow in order to produce enrichment during acceleration, the throttle response lacks punch.

Since it lacks relocation information, it is loaded by the operating system at a pre-set address, at offset 0100h immediately following the PSP, where it is executed ( hence the limitation of the executable's size ).

Since the grave lacks any rich funeral offerings or any sign of opulence, the archaeologists conclude the grave is that of a simple ordinary peasant.

Since the Watertown market currently lacks a MyNetworkTV channel of its own, this station serves as the area's de-facto affiliate.

Since this marsh lacks cordgrass, it is a poor nesting site of ducks.

Since the lake lacks any major outlet and has a mean depth of no more than 3 m, the surface area varies greatly.

Since PCI lacks a split-response mechanism to permit the target to return data at a later time, the bus remains occupied by the target issuing retry-cycles until the read data is ready.

Since Singapore lacks natural freshwater rivers and lakes, the primary source of domestic water is rainfall.

Since August 2007, Warner Bros. Home Video has been quietly reissuing copies of the fourth disc of Volume 2 that lacks artifacting and interlacing, because of numerous complaints by consumers.

Since the Latin language lacks a present active participle for the verb " to be ," Tertullian and other Latin authors rendered the Greek noun " ousia " ( being ) as " substantia ," and the Greek adjective " homoousios " ( of the same being ) as " consubstantialis ".

Since this grape lacks most of the distinct flavors that are typical of native American grapes, it is quite suitable for making dry wine.

Since the development of armored warfare the distinction between light and heavy armor has persisted basically along the same lines.

Since most of the readily-available RPG-7 rounds cannot penetrate M1 Abrams tank armor from the front, it is primarily effective against soft-skinned or lightly armored vehicles, and infantry.

Since the animals did not have mineralized armor nor even tough organic exoskeletons like those of insects, their bodies were flattened as they were buried and fossilized, and smaller or internal features appear as markings within the outlines of the fossils.

Since the SU-152, like all SU-series self-propelled guns was not designed with tank killing in mind, no AP projectiles were issued to crews and no initial tests against armor were conducted.

Since China did not possess adequate artillery and armor, Zhang Zhizhong believed that the Chinese army should use their numerical superiority and take the initiative, and push the Japanese into the sea before they had a chance to reinforce.

Since the IJA's 1930's era tanks didn't have the firepower to penetrate the 1940s generation of allied armor, a need for tank destroyers arose ; and experiments ranging from 47 mm to 120 mm guns were conducted.

Since January 1944 Germany favored the production of the newer tank destroyer, the Jagdpanzer IV, which had a much thicker armor ( 60 mm frontal plate ) if a less powerful 7. 5 cm gun.

Since the regular armor plating is often the only defense remaining, the tandem charge ( second detonation ) has an increased likelihood of penetrating the armor.

Since joining the New Warriors, as Ripcord, she has been given a special armor which has extensible, super-strong, metal tentacles which extend from her wrists which she can use as weapons.

Since Watsuki's debut work contained a tall, black-haired man in " showy " armor, the creator wanted to make a character " completely opposite " to the debut character and the new character ended up " coming out like a girl.

Since this role often requires them to suffer large amounts of damage, they rely on large amounts of vitality or armor, or alternatively evasiveness and misdirection.

Since it is not the user's speed and power driving the weapon, it is possible to burden the wielder with heavy armor that would ordinarily be a fatal encumbrance.

Since his armor is exactly the same as Dmitri's ( Rocket Red # 4 ) second suit, it is probable that he is the man behind the mask.

Since the police handguns could not penetrate the bank robbers ' body armor, the patrol officers ' bullets were ineffective.

Since the enemy must first destroy it to reach the player's base, it can also be considered an additional armor for bases.

Since the beginnings of what we would today recognize as Japanese culture, and probably earlier, various symbols, crests, banners, or markings on armor were used to help identify and distinguish warriors on the battlefield.

Since then NORINCO provided the armor upgrades to the Type 99 which minimizes the gap to avoid a shot trap.

Since his arrival, all beast fighters constructed has Maxingal as standard armor but they're still no match when Voltes V upgraded its sword with the Chōdenji / Superelectromagnetic Ball.

Since melee classes generally have stronger armor than mages and often have Warrior as subjob, they can use Provoke on an extra monster while they attack the current battle target.

Since upgrading his armor, Whirlwind has added to his offensive capabilities via the use of two hardened tool-steel sawblades mounted on metal wrist bracelets, which are driven by two DC servo-motors each and activated by palm switches.

Since most armor, weapons, and special attacks are specific to a given character, there are frequently times when one or two of the characters have only a very limited number of options.