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With the increase of wealth and power, abbots had lost much of their special religious character, and become great lords, chiefly distinguished from lay lords by celibacy.
Austria-Hungary took alarm at the great increase in Serbia's territory at the expense of its national aspirations in the region, as well as Serbia's rising status, especially to Austria-Hungary's Slavic populations.
This period was characterized by a gradual decentralization of the state that had existed during the Qin and Han dynasties, and an increase in the power of great families.
Calef calls it " perfectly Ambidexter, giving as great as greater Encouragement to proceed in those dark methods, then cautions against them ... indeed the Advice then given, looks most like a thing of his Composing, as carrying both Fire to increase and Water to quench the Conflagration.
In 1903 there was a substantial increase in the number of women film several minutes long unclear, as a result of the great popularity of Georges Méliès ’ le Voyage dans la lune ( A Trip to the Moon ), which came out in early 1902, though such films were still a very minor part of production.
An increase only of particular form ( s ) of intelligence would explain why the Flynn effect has not caused a " cultural renaissance too great to be overlooked.
With the increasing use of processed foods since the 19th century, there has been a great increase in the use of food additives of varying levels of safety.
This results in a great reduction in hull drag, and a further corresponding increase in speed.
The greatest influence on use of the harp has always been the availability of fine harps and skilled players, and the great increase of them in the U. S. of the 20th century resulted in its spread into popular music.
For example, the delay in asserting the claim may have caused a great increase in the potential damages to be awarded, or assets that could earlier have been used to satisfy the claim may have been distributed in the meantime, or the property in question may already have been sold, or evidence or testimony may no longer be available to defend against the claim.
The latter led tothe great upward movement in prices ” and an increase inthe volume of merchant activity itself .”
*" One in Three Hundred " ( 1954 ) by J. T. McIntosh relates the discovery there will be a great increase in the Sun's solar output causing the Earth's oceans to boil away.
The large output of tractors and other agricultural machinery achieved a great increase in agricultural productivity.
Along with these initial republican revolts, early modern Europe also saw a great increase in monarchial power.
Much later, when the use of seed drills replaced broadcasting sowing of seed in the 18th century, another great increase in productivity occurred.
In the double-sideband suppressed-carrier transmission ( DSB-SC ) modulation, unlike AM, the wave carrier is not transmitted ; thus, a great percentage of power that is dedicated to it is distributed between the sidebands, which implies an increase of the cover in DSB-SC, compared to AM, for the same power used.
It is unclear how much of a concurrent increase in fishing for great white sharks has caused the decline of great white shark populations from the 1970s to the present.
As it was, the company's intellectual property claims were never tested in court and these events along with the growing Internet community of quiz bowl players led to a great increase in teams, tournaments, and formats.
One example is the " bloom " or great increase of phytoplankton in a water body as a response to increased levels of nutrients.
As well as describing the progression of a self-defense response, the strength principles also describe the progression a WingTsun student must follow over years of training: first, form training and a great deal of punching to learn to be relaxed in a fight and to ( counter intuitively ) punch without tension ; second, countless hours of chi sao training to be able to yield toand exploit — the attacker's strength ; finally, strength training specific to WT to increase punching and striking power.
* For assisting the Romans in defeating Antiochus III, Eumenes II of Pergamum is rewarded with a great increase in territory.
The expanse of industry brought with it a great increase in population as jobs shifted from rural farms towards the cities.
Recently Jaén has had a great increase in cultural tourism.

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However, as witnessed by the large corporate bond calendar at present, as well as the record amount of municipal bond issues approved by voters, the over-all demands for capital funds seem likely to remain high, so that any downward pressure on rates from reduced demand should not be great.
Gelignite was more stable, transportable and conveniently formed to fit into bored holes, like those used in drilling and mining, than the previously used compounds and was adopted as the standard technology for mining in the Age of Engineering bringing Nobel a great amount of financial success, though at a significant cost to his health.
The large amount of travel done by Christie and Mallowan has not only made for a great writing theme, as shown in her famous novel: The Murder on the Orient Express, but also tied into the idea of archaeology as an adventure that has become so important in today ’ s popular culture as described by Cornelius Holtorf in his book Archaeology is a Brand.
However, the Vandals loot a great amount of treasure.
These were due to an enormous amount of exceedingly fine dust blown to a great height by the volcano's explosion, and then globally diffused by the high atmospheric currents.
The luggage wagons, with a great amount of plunder, is said to have remained along the old Roman road, the main route from Poitiers to Bordeaux, to give protection to his weak right side.
Such rocks as granite, which have cooled very slowly and under great pressures, have completely crystallized ; but many kinds of lava were poured out at the surface and cooled very rapidly, and in this latter group a small amount of amorphous or glassy matter is common.
The best throwers contain the same amount of time in each phase while completing a great throw.
An explosive material, also called an explosive, is a reactive substance that contains a great amount of potential energy that can produce an explosion if released suddenly, usually accompanied by the production of light, heat, sound, and pressure.
One distinctive feature that has caused a great amount of interest among linguists is what is traditionally seen as three degrees of phoneme length: short, long, and " overlong ", such that, and are distinct.
' These day-dreams are cathected with a large amount of interest ; they are carefully cherished by the subject and usually concealed with a great deal of sensitivity ... such phantasies may be unconscious just as well as conscious '.
By that time, there was great concern that the national deficit had risen dangerously and President Ronald Reagan had declared that a vast amount of government spending was being misused through waste and fraud.
In September 1923 he successfully applied to the Office of Customs to become a government-inspector of rubber plantations, a job that involved a great amount of traveling around the country, something he enjoyed.
# The great amount of time it can take to adjudicate combat.
We might conclude that soon, a great amount of trees would fall ; however this is not the case.
Gw ' otesht are capable of running many millions of complex simulations in a short amount of time, giving them the ability to plan ahead in great detail by analyzing every possible outcome.
This type of material is not favored for solid masonry as it requires a great amount of mortar and can lack intrinsic structural strength.
Although much of the optical and X-ray emission from supernova remnants originates from ionized gas, a great amount of the radio emission is a form of non-thermal emission called synchrotron emission.
If a great number of attributes end up being the same as on the definition, a great amount of information can be " inherited ", and not have to be redundantly specified in the netlist, saving space, and making the design easier to read by both machines and people.
As Nobunaga conquered Japan and amassed a great amount of wealth, he progressively supported the arts for which he always had an interest, but which he later and gradually more importantly used as a display of his power and prestige.
This is due to the great amount of Italian immigration into Canada and the United States around the beginning of the 20th century.
After an incident with a subspace mine that releases a great amount of tetryon radiation, the crew is forced to abandon ship.
Sailing close-hauled under a large amount of sail, and heeling a great deal, can induce weather helm, or a tendency for the boat to turn into the wind.

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