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The stronger contingent was on the Macedonian right, where Perseus commanded the heavy cavalry ( including his elite Sacred Squadron ), and the Thracian Odrysian cavalry were deployed.
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stronger and contingent
A brief skirmish in Lexington scattered colonial militia forces gathered there, but in a later standoff in Concord, a portion of the British force was routed by a stronger colonial militia contingent.
Advocates of this system of property recording argue that a property system which is inherently contingent provides a stronger guarantee of private property rights over the long run than a registration system which provides assurance of one's rights to private property.
At Nicomedia they were joined in May 1101 by a smaller but stronger contingent of French, Burgundians, and Germans, under Stephen of Blois, Stephen I, Count of Burgundy, Eudes I, Duke of Burgundy, and Conrad, constable of Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor.
stronger and was
The doctors had suggested Scotty remain most of every afternoon in bed until he was stronger.
he felt he was noting it, as if it were something he might think about when he grew stronger.
Together they also developed a new form of voltaic cell in which the wooden trough was replaced by one of copper, thereby producing stronger currents.
The resulting magnetic effect proved stronger than when the discharge was made lengthwise.
But just when was an unknown, and of course the longer it did not happen, the stronger her wish and belief that it might not.
But when to represents to consciousness in that was the moment that I came to, and similarly in that was the moment I came to, there is much stronger stress on to.
When this proposal was made, Stalin spoke with stronger emotion than at any other time during the Conference.
A fourth match was played, against a " United Australian XI ", which was arguably stronger than the Australian sides that had competed in the previous three matches ; this game, however, is not generally considered part of the 1882 – 83 series.
But probably the most influential and original of these schools was the Chan sect, which had an even stronger impact in Japan as the Zen sect.
Abler demonstrated that a plexiglass bar with kerfs and drilled holes was more than 25 % stronger than one with only regularly placed incisions.
Despite his success against the Gepids, Alboin had failed to greatly increase his power, and was now faced with a much stronger threat from the Avars.
The Second Athenian Empire, a maritime self-defense league, was founded in 377 BC and was led by Athens ; but Athens would never recover the full extent of her power, and her enemies were now far stronger and more varied.
In 1896, delegates from the stronger and wealthier VFA clubs — Carlton, Collingwood, Essendon, Fitzroy, Geelong, Melbourne, St Kilda and South Melbourne — met to form a breakaway competition and in 1897, the Victorian Football League ( VFL ), was born as an eight-team competition.
The use of stronger bridges using plaited bamboo and iron chain was visible in India by about the 4th century.
Disraeli and Chelmsford had never got along particularly well, and Cairns, in Disraeli's view, was a far stronger minister.
The Dutch, however, who had supplied the major share of the troops and money to secure the victory ( the Austrians had produced nothing of either ) claimed the government of the region till the war was over, and that after the peace they should continue to garrison Barrier Fortresses stronger than those which had fallen so easily to Louis XIV ’ s forces in 1701.
Doppelbock or double bock is a stronger version of traditional bock that was first brewed in Munich by the Paulaner monks, an order founded by St. Francis of Paula.
Tin bronze was superior to arsenic bronze in that the alloying process itself could more easily be controlled ( as tin was available as a metal ) and the alloy was stronger and easier to cast.
But probably the most influential and original of these schools was the Chan sect, which had an even stronger impact in Japan as the Zen sect.
It met with stronger resistance in the Senate — some Senators objected to the change of name ; Ernest Manning, who argued that the rationale for the change was based on a misperception of the name, and George McIlraith, who did not agree with the manner in which the bill had been passed and urged the government to proceed in a more " dignified way "— but finally passed.
stronger and on
At first the patient felt stronger, and the hemoglobin rose to 13.8 gm., but on Oct. 20, 1958, he complained of `` caving in '' in his knees.
when it represents only itself and on which is its complement ( so that go on is semantically equivalent to board ), on has stronger stress than go does.
In the second sentence if drinking water is a gerundial clause and without drinking water is roughly equivalent in meaning to unless I drink water, there will be stronger stress on water than on drinking ; ;
but if drinking is a gerundial noun modifying water and without drinking water is equivalent to without water for drinking, there will be stronger stress on drinking than on water.
Again, in deciding on the content and method of his teaching, does he favor a curriculum which will make his students stronger competitors in the race for higher economic status, or does he favor a curriculum which strengthens students in other ways??
For convenience we chose a stronger pigment, unknown to the early Italians or to Brumidi, titanium oxide, reserving the active lime white for highest lights, put on at the end of the day's stint.
Their having family ties on our plantation & the adjoining one would be a stronger inducement ''.
A stronger stand on their beliefs and a firmer grasp on their future were taken Friday by delegates to the 29th general council of the Assemblies of God, in session at the Memorial Coliseum.
For example, one study on volunteerism found that feeling overwhelmed by others ' demands had an even stronger negative effect on mental health than helping had a positive one ( although positive effects were still significant ).
Their lungs improved and their skeletons became heavier and stronger, better able to cope with the increased gravitational effect of life on land.
These results might be weaker than, equivalent to, or stronger than the axiom of choice, depending on the strength of the technical foundations.
For example, if we abbreviate by BP the claim that every set of real numbers has the property of Baire, then BP is stronger than ¬ AC, which asserts the nonexistence of any choice function on perhaps only a single set of nonempty sets.
A popular, but probably apocryphal, story is that once when an opponent laid a cigar on the table, he complained to the tournament arbiters, " He is threatening to smoke, and as an old player you must know that the threat is stronger than the execution.
In sexual reproduction, offspring are often more fit than either parent since the stronger genes tend to be passed on to the next generation.
The US version, however, has since 2001 taken on a significantly different format from the others in their second season, with a far stronger emphasis on strategy, competition and voting, where the public does not choose who to evict.
Look-ahead solvers have especially strengthened reductions ( going beyond unit-clause propagation ) and the heuristics, and they are generally stronger than conflict-driven solvers on hard instances ( while conflict-driven solvers can be much better on large instances which actually have an easy instance inside ).
stronger and Macedonian
The Achaean leaders almost certainly knew that this declaration of war against Rome was hopeless, as Rome had triumphed against far stronger and larger opponents, the Roman legion having proved its supremacy over the Macedonian phalanx.
stronger and right
Kierkegaard argues that individuals who can overcome the levelling process are stronger for it and that it represents a step in the right direction towards " becoming a true self.
Lessig claims " the protection of privacy would be stronger if people conceived of the right as a property right ", and that " individuals should be able to control information about themselves ".
As mentioned in the Historical Program of the FSLN of 1969, education was seen as a right and the pressure to stay committed to the promises made in the program was even stronger.
Because the vertical external field B < sub > ext </ sub > is stronger on one side than the other, the leftward force on the left side of the ring is smaller than the rightward force on the right side of the ring, and the net force on the sail is to the right.
* Strong two clubs: All unbalanced hands too strong to open at the one-level are opened with an artificial 2 call, as well as balanced hands stronger than 22 HCP ( unless opener has the right strength for a 3NT opening bid ).
As noted earlier, the player may choose sides ( or not ) based on who they believe is right, who they believe is stronger, who they believe it is more profitable to support, or any other criteria.
In the late 18th century, stronger constructions of brick were erected on the right bank of the Om ; of these, the original Tobolsk and the restored Tara gates still stand, along with the original German Lutheran Church, an armory, a military jail, and commandant's house.
In 1971, when asked by an Irish Times journalist on his thoughts regarding U. S. Senator Ted Kennedy's calls for a stronger peace initiative in Northern Ireland, Hogg slammed his fist on the table and exclaimed " those Roman Catholic bastards have no right to interfere!
However, in reality the opposite effect often happened: as a bondage performer was cast in more material and engaged in more acts, she would often develop a stronger fan base and became a recognized star in her own right.
The stronger right wing was composed of the Numidian cavalry and commanded by Masinissa while the left wing was composed of the Italian cavalry under the command of Laelius.
Bogut is stronger in the post with his left handed hook shot than he is with his natural right, Brothers Marc Gasol and Pau Gasol can make hook shots with both right and left hand while both their dominant hand is right.
The logic here is that a strong military deters aggression and coercion ( blackmail ), and that no potential aggressor in his right mind would dare to attack or blackmail someone stronger than he is, because he knows he would be swiftly defeated if he tried to.
The scenes during the July Days, as the demonstration has become to be known, sparked calls for a need of more discipline and a stronger government and a resurgence in right wing feeling amongst sections of Russian society.
Since every formula in the antecedent ( the left side ) must be true to conclude the truth of at least one formula in the succedent ( the right side ), adding formulas to either side results in a weaker sequent, while removing them from either side gives a stronger one.
The right wing organized itself in the Vlaams Blok, which became a much stronger political force and surpassed Volksunie at the beginning of the Nineties ( 6. 6 % against VU's 5. 9 % in 1991 elections ).
In his second form, Kazuma's arm is completely replaced by a stronger armored arm, four fins of metal jut out of his face near his right eye ( actually, they just appear over the skin of his eye, not protruding from it ), and a propeller replaces the three fins on his back.
It is stronger than ' Formal Equality of Opportunity ' in that Rawls argues that an individual should not only have the right to opportunities, but should have an effective equal chance as another of similar natural ability.
When the fight seemed over, Ittōsai revealed his right hand with only his pinky and ring finger still on his hand, he claims that Kojirō is stronger and recalls the time when he had left Kojirō for dead with vengeful peasants.
Most Moties have two right arms for delicate manipulation and a much heavier and stronger left arm.
Further, the right was traditionally accepted because the conquering force, being by definition stronger than any lawfully entitled governance which it may have replaced, was therefore more likely to secure peace and stability for the people, and so the Right of Conquest legitimises the conqueror towards that end.
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