It was only after the 1690s that Scottish settlers and their descendants, the majority of whom were Presbyterian, gained numeric superiority in Ulster.

Prior to the Act coming into effect, Scottish Feudal Baronies ( including Lordships and Earldoms ) were the only genuine title of UK nobility capable of being transferred following the sale of land containing a " caput " ( or the sale of a feudal superiority ).

Inside a castle they were protected from bands of raiders and could send mounted warriors to drive the raiders from the area, or to disrupt the efforts of larger armies to supply themselves in the region by gaining local superiority over foraging parties that would be impossible against the whole enemy host.

Given the overwhelming superiority of the English forces, Captain Cevallos surrendered the castle on March 24, two days after resisting.

Indeed, the design qualities that make an effective low-level attack aircraft make for a distinctly inferior air superiority fighter, and vice versa.

The ADV variant of the Panavia Tornado was eventually introduced into this role in the 1980s, and continued to serve in this role until replaced with a multirole design, the Eurofighter Typhoon, which is an air superiority fighter and also an attack aircraft.

The Nikon F became enormously successful and was the camera design that demonstrated the superiority of the SLR and of the Japanese camera manufacturers.

* Yak-45 ( 1973-failed air superiority fighter design )

When this order was cancelled in February 1979 because of the Iranian Revolution, the British government, under pressure to modernise its tank fleet to maintain a qualitative superiority relative to the Soviet tank forces, decided to use the sudden surplus production capacity to procure a number of vehicles very close in design to the Shir-2, called the Challenger 1.

Every era in automobile history has had " a group of car marques and models that have been expensive to purchase, due to their alleged superiority of their design and engineering ".

The different impressions left by the various Lamborghini models have generated numerous debates and disagreements over what constitutes ' classic ' or ' great ' automotive design ( elegant looks and style, vs. technical and engineering superiority ).

Obviously, such techniques might well remove some of the envisaged advantages held by fifth generation aircraft, adding to skepticism over the real value of the " generation " label, which seems to assume the superiority and uniqueness of particular design philosophies.

* 2006 The F-22 Raptor Team, because the F-22 " established the unquestionable superiority of the Raptor, a culmination of years of visionary design, rigorous testing, and innovative manufacturing ," according to NAA President David Ivey.

Rootes successfully sold a range of cars which were priced at a slight premium to their major home market competitors, justified on the basis that they offered a level of superiority in design and finish.

Earlier analyses of Norman keeps focused on their military design, and historians such as R. Brown Cathcart King proposed that square keeps were adopted because of their military superiority over timber keeps.

Microsoft is a firm that has substantial pricing or market power due to technological superiority in its design and production processes.

There are a great many designs out there, without any one design laying claim to absolute superiority.

A number of details in this design he would never use again realising the superiority of details not used on the GWR.

Quickly realizing the superiority of this design in terms of range and firepower over the domestic Type 88 75 mm AA Gun, the Japanese Army Technical Bureau quickly “ reverse engineered ” it, and placed it into production.

With the development of guided missiles in the 1950s, design diverged between fighters optimized to fight in the beyond visual range ( BVR ) regime ( interceptors ), and fighters optimized to fight in the within visual range ( WVR ) regime ( air superiority fighters ).

The book served as Confucianism's seminal textbook for Chinese women for two millennia, but cementing the " cult of chastity " as an exemplar of Chinese superiority also condemned many widows to lives of " poverty and loneliness.

It is also very common to slow down a kick inches before hitting the target, so a capoeirista can enforce superiority without the need of injuring the opponent.

Some users believe that a compromise term encompassing both aspects is ideal, to promote both the user's freedom with the software and also to promote the perceived superiority of an open source development model.

" Throughout the conflict, fighters performed their conventional role in establishing air superiority through combat with other fighters and through bomber interception, and many fighters were also pressed into service in additional roles such as tactical air support and reconnaissance.

: and also felt its own anger and resentment at the much more recent technological superiority of westerners who,

The festival's chief executive, Richard Moore, compared Loach's tactics to blackmail, stating that " we will not participate in a boycott against the State of Israel, just as we would not contemplate boycotting films from China or other nations involved in difficult long-standing historical disputes .” Australian lawmaker Michael Danby also criticised Loach ’ s tactics stating that “ Israelis and Australians have always had a lot in common, including contempt for the irritating British penchant for claiming cultural superiority.

Krupp received original contracts in the United States and enjoyed a period of technological superiority while also contributing the majority of rail to the new continental rail road system.

" The law also prohibits " any activity directed toward nationality discrimination or the promotion of national superiority or hatred.

Another perspective has also been put forward, which suggests the Germans could not have gained air superiority before the weather window closed.

It can also result in erroneous scientific support for widely held cultural myths, for example the scientific racism that supported ideas of racial superiority in the early 20th century, and creation science today.

The Oxford English Dictionary defines racism as the “ belief that all members of each race possess characteristics, abilities, or qualities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race or races ” and the expression of such prejudice, while the Merriam-Webster's Dictionary defines it as a belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent superiority or inferiority of a particular racial group, and alternatively that it is also the prejudice based on such a belief.

Passages from the Guru Granth Sahib ( the holy book of Sikhs, also known as the Adi Granth ) say that it is " foolish " to argue for the superiority of animal life, because though all life is related, only human life carries more importance: " Only fools argue whether to eat meat or not.

Shit can also be used to establish superiority over another being.

Seeking a way to address these shortcomings, the textile industry has turned to Neoprene ( polymer form of Chloroprene ), a type of synthetic rubber as well as another more commonly used elastomer fiber, spandex ( also known as elastane ), because of their superiority to rubber in both strength and durability.

The policy of association also affirmed the superiority of the French in the colonies, but it entailed different institutions and systems of laws for the colonizer and the colonized.

Apart from the bad and very cold weather, the dense forest and rough terrain also prevented proper use of the Allied air superiority which had great difficulties in spotting any targets.

The battle also established the superiority of the combined arms attack over an army predominately composed of infantry, demonstrating the effectiveness of archers, cavalry and infantry working cooperatively together.

They also refuse to accept or give technology to any civilization which practices morally reprehensible deeds, including one which practiced racial superiority and ethnic cleansing.

During the war the valley surrounding the western end of the river also became the focal point of a series of dogfights for air superiority over North Korea, earning the nickname " MiG Alley " in reference to the MiG-15 fighters flown by the combined North Korean, Chinese and Soviet forces.

He also had doubts about Germany's ability to gain air superiority over the English Channel and the lack of regional German naval superiority.

It also weakened the notion of white superiority, widely accepted in Western society before that.

Axis air superiority early in the conflict limited the ability of the Soviets to mount such operations, whilst later in the conflict ongoing shortages of materiel, including silk for parachutes, was also a problem.

The play also arguably acts as a critique of Victorian-era notions of middle-class philanthropy towards the poor, which is based on presumptions of the charity-givers ' social superiority and severe moral judgement towards the " deserving poor ".

" However, although Petruchio never strikes Katherina, he does threaten to and he also uses other tactics to physically tame her and thus exert his superiority.