Though supposed to rule only in the absence of the king, it is in fact the first step towards independence from Spain, and is commemorated as such.

Though Parliament itself was based on the exclusion of the vast Irish Catholic majority in Ireland, many nationalist historians and writers blamed the absence of Parliament for the increased impoverishment of Dublin, with many of the large mansions in areas like Henrietta Street sold to property developers and landlords who reduced them to tenements.

Though this may be folk etymology, it is plausible, particularly in the absence of other suggestions.

Though originally set to an Italian libretto, Orfeo ed Euridice owes much to the genre of French opera, particularly in its use of accompanied recitative and a general absence of vocal virtuosity.

Though individual birds may stray farther north, their distribution is restricted by the absence of mangrove habitat.

Though one might think that these " circadian rhythms " are controlled simply by the presence or absence of light, nearly every animal that has been studied has been shown to have a " biological clock " that yields cycles of activity even when the animal is in constant illumination or darkness.

Though pronounced correctly in educated speech, its absence in writing has led to confusion in the transliteration of certain Russian names ( for example, Khrushchev is actually Khrushchyov: Хрущёв ), and occasionally even in their native pronunciation ( e. g. Chebyshev, Чебышёв, also spelled as Tschebyschoff or Chebyshyov.

He enjoyed the trust and confidence of Edward III, who relied on him in political and diplomatic as well as Church affairs, and gave him extensive powers during his absence in France. Though loyal to the King he did not hesitate to oppose him where the affairs of the Church were concerned, and later addressed a famous remonstrance, the Speculum Regis Edwardi, refusing the King's demand for a tenth of ecclesiastical income for six years.

Though highly deteriorated and poorly preserved, biochemical analyses later showed that these structures contain decay products of the protein beta-keratin, and more significantly, the absence of alpha-keratin.

Though Kramer built up some songs in Doughty's absence, with strings and organ, the disc is mostly a stark affair.

Though the teachings of the Nyingmapa agree that all phenomena lack a self-nature and a substance, according to many Nyingma teachings reducing voidness to a mere absence would be an instance of nihilism, and identifying absolute truth with such an absence would imply that this truth cannot account for the manifestation of Awakening, or even for the manifestation of phenomena ; therefore, they explain voidness as lying in the recognition of the absence of mental constructs that is inherent in the essence of mind in which space and awareness are indivisible, and define absolute truth as consisting in the indivisibility of emptiness and appearances, or of emptiness and awareness.

Though Gowen was able to easily slough off such accusation at that time, it was renewed more powerfully in 1876 by Charles E. Smith — Gowen's direct predecessor as president, who had recommended the young man for the position in his absence.

Though Ossat was appointed Bishop of Rennes ( on 9 September 1596 ) he remained at Rome, without any well-defined office, though he was charged with occasional missions to Venice and Florence ( 1598 ), and managed the French embassy in the absence of a noble ambassador, as professional diplomats traditionally do, and was always the enlightened and devoted representative of French interests.

Though he was overworked in the absence of support bowlers, Thompson bowled excellently in the following two years and did the " double " of 1000 runs and 100 wickets in 1906-though on the difficult wickets of 1907 he did not once reach 50, and in 1908 his bowling was very disappointing.

Though he had initially refused a new Green Lantern ring months prior, he eventually accepted a new one entrusted to Kyle Rayner by a time-lost Hal Jordan, and joined the Justice League to fill in for Rayner as he took an extended leave of absence from Earth.

" Though she isn't in the film's title Catherine is " the structuring absence.

Though only a relatively short walk separated it from my own part of town, its character was wholly foreign to me.

Though the four boys and two girls, the youngest nineteen years of age, the oldest twenty-four, came from varying backgrounds and had different professional and personal interests, there was surprising agreement among them.

Though he is also concerned with freeing dance from pedestrian modes of activity, Merce Cunningham has selected a very different method for achieving his aim.

Though far from completion, these studies indicated beyond a doubt that savings would result which would be of unprecedented benefit to the railroads concerned, their investors, their customers, their users, and to the public at large.

Though there was an occasional good-natured chuckle about Marvin Goulding, the Jewish officer from Chicago, singing tearfully about the ould sod, no one really thought it was strange.

Though by no means an ideal procedure, a red wine may similarly be brought from the cellar to the dining room and opened twenty minutes or so before serving time.

Though President John F. Kennedy was primarily concerned with the crucial problems of Berlin and disarmament adviser McCloy's unexpected report from Khrushchev, his new enthusiasm and reliance on personal diplomacy involved him in other key problems of U.S. foreign policy last week.

Though that may be unfair since Ben Cooper, John's first son, came along early in 1938, the cutest baby you ever saw and a blessing that he looked all Cooper from fontanel to pink toes, nary a trace of Edythe.

Though they saw the old-style chemical rockets lift up from the field beyond B'dikkat's cabin, they did not make plans to hide among the frozen crop of transmuted flesh.

Though he quickly dropped " Octavianus " from his name and his contemporaries referred to him as " Caesar " during this period, historians refer to him as Octavian between 44 BC and 27 BC.

Though she suffered from consumption, Eliza supported Johnson's endeavors.

Though his party won the governor's race and control of the legislature, Johnson still had to overcome considerable opposition from the conservatives in both parties.

Though there was no Bronze Age city on the site, archaeology has detected human activity that is evident from the earliest Iron Age, circa 1100 BC.

Though both ended up as rogue governments and did not follow through on their constitutional promises, they began as responses from the Athenian elite to what they saw as the inherent arbitrariness of government by the masses ( Plato in the Seventh Epistle does remark that the Thirty made the preceding democratic regime look like a Golden Age ).

Though from vastly different backgrounds, within three months Patrick Brontë and Maria Branwell were married on 29 December 1812.

Though, theoretically, all life forms are said to deserve full protection from all kinds of injury, Jains admit that this ideal cannot be completely implemented in practice.

Though authors are not allowed to charge for access to copies of their work, downloading a copy from the ACM site requires a paid subscription.

Though at first well received in political circles, it was eventually doomed by well-organized opposition from conservatives, the American Medical Association, and the health insurance industry.

Though a practicing Christian, he had been born into a Jewish family with origins from Portugal, and had converted at a young age.

Though initially unenthusiastic about acting, he returned from service, auditioned for a Broadway play, and was offered a role.

Though distinct, the three persons cannot be divided from one another in being or in operation.

Though diverse, these views may be generally classified into those that hold Christ to be only divine and not differing from the Father hypostatically ; those that hold Christ to be less fully God than the Father ; in other forms being completely human and a messenger as the perfect created human.

Though the United States refused to aide Chiang Kai-shek in his hope to " recover the mainland ," it continued supporting the Republic of China with military supplies and expertise to prevent Taiwan from falling into PRC hands.

Though the article was signed pseudonymously by " X ," it was well known at the time that the true author was George F. Kennan, the deputy chief of mission of the United States to the Soviet Union from 1944 to 1946, under ambassador W. Averell Harriman.

Though Gondwana was still intact in the beginning of the Cretaceous, it broke up as South America, Antarctica and Australia rifted away from Africa ( though India and Madagascar remained attached to each other ); thus, the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans were newly formed.