Though various boards and rules have been used in the past, the term " darts " usually now refers to a standardised game involving a specific board design and set of rules.

Though the rules of football had largely been standardised by the early 1880s, the UK's four football associations still each had slightly different rules.

Though Haitians place a high value on education, few can afford to send their children to secondary school.

Though it is true that mathematics finds diverse applications in many areas of research, a mathematician does not determine the value of an idea by the diversity of its applications.

Though millimeter size range is typically the first factor in determining a cultured pearl necklace's value, the momme weight of pearl necklace will allow the buyer to quickly determine if the necklace is properly proportioned.

Though many of the masterworks have been dispersed, the cultural value of Mantua is nonetheless outstanding, with many of Mantua's patrician and ecclesiastical buildings being uniquely important examples of Italian architecture.

Though they are not members of the EU, Monaco, San Marino, and the Vatican City also have euro coins featuring a national side, but these coins are not put into general circulation by the authorities who instead sell them to collectors for prices higher than their face value.

Though such views are justified, Joule went on to estimate a value for the mechanical equivalent of heat of 1034 foot-pound

Though ' God-Building ' was suppressed by Lenin, Gorky retained his belief that " culture "— the moral and spiritual awareness of the value and potential of the human self — would be more critical to the revolution ’ s success than political or economic arrangements.

Though it may not be possible to assign a rational value to a ratio, it is possible to compare a ratio with a rational number.

Though the former model may therefore be found relatively ubiquitously in British or American households, often it was either played with ( i. e. the condition is poor ) or it has a particular " treasure "- like sentimental value ( often the case with, for example, horse-drawn models ), so that the model will be kept " forever ", even by those who do not collect.

Though these forms consist of lyric-based verses, musicians improvise raga phrases in free rhythm, like an alapana, so both the sound value, and the meaning of the text, guide the musician through elaborate melodic improvisations.

Though the rules laid down are of value, their tendency is rather to hamper and render too mechanical the efforts of poetry.

Though natural resources exist, what gives value to them is the work of men, and those who create this value legitimately own it, whereas by the very nature of a free society, they do not own the utility of these resources that otherwise benefit everyone.

Though considered as non-core businesses, KTMB benefited greatly from Property and Advertising segments in terms of value creation.

Though having been brought up in Britain, Raj and Simran both value their Indian roots but the two have different parenting.

Though it's a superstition, it does have practical value: the backstage area of a theatre tends to be cluttered, so someone who enters a completely darkened space is liable to be injured while hunting for a light switch.

" Though its meaning is constant in time, the truth value of the statement can vary in time.

Though it seems to have been impossible to persuade the colonial office of the value of Sturt's work his book had one important effect.

Though his mark raises the market value of silver, his output was large and not all his pieces are outstanding.

Though assessed at only one sulung, it had a slightly higher value than might be expected, at £ 7, both in 1066 and in 1086.

Though Sarmiento did not follow de Oro's political and religious leanings, he learned the value of intellectual integrity and honesty.

Though MT noted that the Cadillac had a higher level of quality than the Chevrolet along with a far more luxurious interior ( the DeVille was upholstered in leather while the Caprice had the standard cloth trim ), the magazine ultimately considered the Chevy as the better value at $ 5, 550. 35 compared to the Cadillac's $ 9, 081. 00 price mainly due to the fact the $ 3, 500 price difference bought only a modest quality addition and a few more luxury features.

Though cytotoxic-crossmatch assay can predict rejection mediated by cellular immunity, genetic-expression tests specific to the organ type to be transplanted, for instance AlloMap Molecular Expression Testing, have a high negative predictive value.

Though these victories deprived the Archdukes of much of the propaganda value of their own victory at Ostend, the loss of the city was a severe blow to the Republic, and it brought about another Protestant exodus to the North.

Though helicopters were initially armed merely as defensive measures to support the landing and extraction of troops, their value in this role lead to the modification of early helicopters as dedicated gunship platforms.

Though most modern vendors serve only the bigger 1 / 4 " pearls, they still use " pearl tea " as the name.

Though Hutton circulated privately a printed version of the abstract of his Theory ( Concerning the System of the Earth, its Duration, and Stability ) which he read at a meeting of the Royal Society of Edinburgh on 4 July 1785 ; the full account of his theory as read at the 7 March 1785 and 4 April 1785 meetings did not appear in print until 1788.

Though inflation spiked again after Russia ’ s 1998 currency devaluation, Moldova made great strides in bringing it under control: 18. 4 % in 2000, 6. 3 % in 2001, and 4. 4 % in 2002.

Though desperately ill with the then-untreatable disease, Ferenczi managed to deliver his most famous paper, " Confusion of Tongues " to the 12th International Psycho-Analytic Congress in Wiesbaden, Germany, on 4 September 1932 .< ref >

Though losing the first game, he won by 7 – 4 (+ 4 − 1 = 6 ).

Hadlee did not have his knighthood conferred on him while still a test cricketer: Though the honour was announced in the Queen's Birthday Honours of 16 June 1990, it was only conferred on 4 October 1990, some months after his last test match on 10 July 1990.

Though the Islanders ' bid for a record-tying fifth championship was ended, Game Five was noted for rookie Pat LaFontaine's emergence, as he scored two third period goals in 38 seconds to cut the Oilers ' lead to 4 – 2.

Though they defeated the defending Stanley Cup Champion Oilers in Game 1 by a score of 4 – 1 at home, Edmonton won the next four games and the series.

Though Mysore is situated in the relatively safe seismic zone 2 of the earthquake hazard zoning of India, earthquakes of magnitude greater than 4. 5 on the Richter scale have been recorded in the vicinity of the city.

Though some religions interpret Job 1: 4 to indicate birthday feasts of Job's sons, Jehovah's Witnesses interpret them as a circuit of feasts from one house to the next.

Though he calls for imitation, he also urges the orator to use this knowledge to inspire his own original invention ( Quintilian 10. 2. 4 ).

Though surrounded by controversy it is widely accepted that in 1932 a 22 pound 4 ounce bass was caught by George Perry in Montgomery Lake, Georgia.

Though the Jola are the dominant ethnic group in the Casamance, they represent only 4 % of the total population of Senegal.

Though initially used in the 1994 and 1995 Mustang GT and Cobra, Ford retired the 302 cid pushrod small-block V8 after nearly 30 years of use, replacing it with the newer Modular 4. 6 L ( 281 cid ) SOHC V8 in the 1996 Mustang GT.

Though less common,. 20 and. 25 caliber ( 5. 0 mm and 6. 4 mm ) guns also exist and are used predominantly for hunting.

Though no barometric or temperature readings for Ireland ( population in 1740 of 2. 4 million people ) survive from the Great Frost, English people were using the mercury thermometer invented 25 years earlier by the German pioneer Fahrenheit.

Though this area covers barely five percent of India's land, 27 % of all species of higher plants in India ( 4, 000 of 15, 000 species ) are found here.

Though they are not capable of forming spores, enterococci are tolerant of a wide range of environmental conditions: extreme temperature ( 10-45 ° C ), pH ( 4. 5-10. 0 ) and high sodium chloride concentrations.

Though it suffered initial critical apathy, the album became the second fastest-selling album ever in the UK, entering the UK album charts at No. 1 and peaking at No. 4 on the Billboard 200 chart.

Though it is in 3 / 4 timing, Schumann manipulates it so that the time signature is often ambiguous.

Though Spijkerman intended to finish the running season, VARA cut it short and cancelled the 4 remaining shows.