Thus, while Iraq's body politic crumbled under immense political and economic pressure throughout the monarchic period, the military gained increasing power and influence ; moreover, because the officers in the new army were by necessity Sunnis who had served under the Ottomans, while the lower ranks were predominantly filled by Shia tribal elements, Sunni dominance in the military was preserved.

Thus it is reasonable to believe that there is a significant difference between the two groups in their performance on this task after a brief `` structuring '' experience.

Thus, in Surah 3: 52 of the Qur ' an, Jesus ’ disciples tell Jesus, " We believe in God ; and you be our witness that we are Muslims ( wa-shahad be anna muslimūn ).

Thus, Nathanael ’ s question, “ Can anything good come out of Nazareth ?” is consistent with a negative view of Nazareth in the canonical gospels, and with the Johannine proclamation that even his brothers did not believe in him.

Thus, Ahmadis believe this prediction was fulfilled and continued by his movement.

Thus, the term " Jews " in the Gospel is applied to those who deny the resurrection and believe that the disciples stole Jesus's corpse.

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What is more problematic is that it is possible to reach a point where “ if you believe it, then it isn ’ t a lie .” Thus, even letter-perfect bona fide certainty of belief is not equivalent to a certification of accuracy or even truthfulness.

Thus, a neutral point of view requires testing measures consensual to anyone expected to believe the results.

Thus Koons concludes that the problem of theodicy ( explaining how God can be good despite the apparent contradiction presented in the problem of evil ) does not pose a challenge to all possible forms of theism ( i. e., that the problem of evil does not present a contradiction to someone who would believe that God exists but that he is not necessarily good ).

Thus a satisfactory answer to Hilbert's problem must be carried out using principles that would be acceptable to someone who does not already believe PA is consistent.

Thus, he didn't believe that Isaac would be sacrificed in the end

Thus on the one hand the insulting ' obscene invitations of a man to a strange girl can be the spicy endearments of a husband to his wife '; on the other hand, the male gaze may be insulting in and of itself to a feminist, whereas a post-feminist might note more discriminatingly how ' his eyes took me in ... at least he didn't look at me offensively ; and believe me, if you're a woman who works in a bar, you can tell the difference between an evaluation and an eye fuck '.

Thus, the skeptic will, for example, believe the proposition that " Dion is in the room " if sense-data and ordinary reasoning led to the emergence of such a belief.

Thus, many scholars believe that the Schlieffen Plan was anti-Clausewitzian in concept.

Thus astrologers believe that the ascendant signifies a person's awakening consciousness, in the same way that the Sun's appearance on the eastern horizon signifies the dawn of a new day.

Thus there is reason to believe that ophiolites are indeed oceanic mantle and crust ; however, certain problems arise when looking closer.

Thus if we set aside the notion of standardization, I believe it would be more appropriate to speak of 25 languages derived from Old Tibetan.

Thus many gamblers believe that they can play the martingale strategy with very little chance of failure long enough to double their bankroll.

Thus, one who refuses these other things has not complied with the biblical conditions for salvation, even if they do believe in Christ.

Thus, they maintain that the only way socialism will come about is for a majority of people, on a worldwide basis, to believe in the superiority of this alternative social system.

Thus, A must simultaneously believe that p is false and believe that p is true.

Thus, Latter Day Saints generally believe that priesthood originates with Jesus, and is passed to others through a line of succession.

His stories are memorable ; people who cannot recall title or author will nevertheless remember " the story about the people who lived in the department store " (" Evening Primrose "), or " the story in which the famous beauties that the man magically summons all say, ' Here I am on a tiger-skin again '" (" Bottle Party "), or the one in which " the mean father who refuses to believe his son is gobbled up, with only one foot in a shoe left on the stairs " ( Thus I Refute Beelzy ).

Thus, the combined efficiency of the elements replaced by the two fiber plates ( with a combined efficiency of 0.25 ) is 0.043 or about six times less than that of the two fiber plates.

Thus something as simple as a newspaper might be specified to six levels, as in Douglas Hofstadter's illustration of that ambiguity, with a progression from abstract to concrete in Gödel, Escher, Bach ( 1979 ):

Thus, all carbon isotopes have nearly identical chemical properties because they all have six protons and six electrons, even though carbon atoms may differ in number of neutrons.

Thus, double-barreled shotguns are accurate only at practical shotgun ranges, though the range of their ammunition easily exceeds four to six times that range.

Thus, on a compensating four-valved instrument, the lowest note possible is B0, sometimes called double pedal B, which is six ledger lines below the bass clef.

Thus, he cautiously states: " But knowing the sure number declared by Scripture, that is six hundred sixty and six, let them await, in the first place, the division of the kingdom into ten ; then, in the next place, when these kings are reigning, and beginning to set their affairs in order, and advance their kingdom, them learn to acknowledge that he who shall come claiming the kingdom for himself, and shall terrify those men of whom we have been speaking, have a name containing the aforesaid number, is truly the abomination of desolation.

Thus, six objects may be divided into piles of 5 + 1 or 4 + 2, but not 3 + 3.

Thus, all six players act as hitters at one time or another, while two can act as setters.

Thus two tooth cattle are marked on the wither, four tooth on the middle of the back and six tooth on their high bone ( near tail ).

Thus US Army SIS was able to break the cipher used for the six letters before it was able to break the one used for the 20 others.

Thus, wrestling will start in the morning with the jonokuchi wrestlers and end at around six o ' clock in the evening with bouts involving the yokozuna, or the ōzeki in the case of the yokozunas absence.

" Thus more embassies were dispatched to Anxi, Yancai later joined the Alans, Lijian under the Seleucids, Tiaozhi, and Tianzhu India … As a rule, rather more than ten such missions went forward in the course of a year, and at the least five or six.

Thus the system evolved from six principles in 1912 rose to eight in 1915, to, virtually, nineteen in 1923, and then descended to nine in 1925, with the added advantage that these nine can be merged into three, and these three into one law.

Thus, in ten days of fighting, on nearly a front, the French 6th Army had progressed as far as six miles ( 10 km ) at points.

Thus the flower of a lily contains six stamens ( the microsporangia ) which produce microspores which develop into pollen grains ( the microgametophytes ), and three fused carpels ( the megasporangia ) which produce megaspores which develop into ovules ( the megagametophytes ).

Thus, in 6-5-Joker-2-A, the joker plays as a 3, while in Joker-5-4-3-2 it would play as a 7 ( an ace or six would make a straight ).

Thus arose the celebrated war of the Seven against Thebes, in which Adrastus was joined by six other heroes, Polynices, Tydeus, Amphiaraus, Capaneus, Hippomedon, and Parthenopaeus.

Great Britain's pre-decimal currencies were pounds, shillings, and pence, abbreviated £, s, and d. Thus " nineteen pounds nineteen and six " was £ 19 / 19 / 6d, six pence less than twenty pounds, and " twenty pounds ought and six ", £ 20 / 0 / 6d, is six pence more than twenty pounds.

Thus, Joseph had six half-siblings.

Thus there are six critical points: