Unlike a number of other countries, rail travel in the United Kingdom has enjoyed a renaissance in recent years with kilometres / miles travelled matching and surpassing the highs of the 1940s ( see usage figures below ).

Unlike in many other Christian countries, St. Nicholas does not play a major role in Polish Christmas, but instead, is celebrated on his Saint feast day of December 6.

Unlike in many other European countries, the general image of Święty Mikołaj in Poland is basically no different to the one of the Anglo-Saxon Santa Claus ( he is said to live in the North Pole, wear red clothes and a white beard, use reindeers to pull his sleigh, or enter houses via the chimney ).

Unlike other countries, Spain registers a comparatively small number of Doctor degree holders.

Unlike most European countries the Czech gun law allow its citizens to carry a concealed weapon without having any specific reason.

Unlike other science olympiads, the IOI regulations specifically prohibit ranking by countries.

Unlike the visas available to other countries, TN status requires no sponsorship, but simply a job offer letter.

Unlike Internet market the state of the mobile market in the country is very poor, while coverage is not really an issue all carriers practice archaic methods that carriers in many developed countries have long since abolished, general prices are very high compared to other CIS and even EU countries with no change in this segment in many years in fact in some cases the prices have even increased, mobile Internet access is in no better condition with very high prices and very low monthly caps compared to extremely well developed and cheap wired Internet access.

Unlike China, which established new ties across a broad political spectrum, North Korea concentrated its diplomatic efforts in Europe with those countries with a strong communist or socialist party, such as Finland, West Germany, Sweden, and Denmark.

Unlike many South American countries, Paraguay has few mineral resources and very little history of mining success.

Unlike the uncodified British constitution, most countries that use the Westminster system have codified the system in a written constitution.

Unlike the Magic Kingdom, which as of September 22, 2012 does not serve alcohol, many stores and restaurants in the World Showcase do serve or sell alcoholic beverages from their respective countries, and beer is sold at refreshment stands throughout the park.

Unlike in the USA, military style marching bands have a strong presence in Latin American countries, especially those that have strong military traditions, most importantly of Prussian, French and Portuguese origins.

Unlike many civil law countries which have some courts on which panels of judges with nearly equal status composed of both legally trained professional judges and lay judges who lack legal training and are not career judges, the United States legal system ( like most Anglo-American legal systems ) makes a clear distinction between professional judges and laymen involved in deciding case who are jurors who are part of a jury.

Unlike in other European countries of the time, the nobility in Bohemia was not a part of the literary audience and thus this split of literary effort led to a certain lack of development and stagnation of Czech baroque literature in comparison to other European countries of the time, especially in genres that were written for noble courts.

Unlike the languages spoken in the other Scandinavian countries, for example Swedish and Norwegian which are North Germanic languages, Finnish is an Uralic language, and is structurally considered an agglutinative language.

Unlike the practice in some other countries, hospital-based physicians were rarely hospital employees, and also billed the provincial insurance plans on a fee-for-service basis.

Unlike most European court system ( in both common law and civil law countries ), it is unusual in American state courts to reserve very serious crimes for a court different than the one that handles all other felony cases in a given county.

Unlike the climates of most other countries at this latitude, conditions in Somalia range from arid in the northeastern and central regions to semiarid in the northwest and south.

Unlike the state supreme court, the Courts of Appeal have mandatory review jurisdiction under the informal legal tradition in common law countries that all litigants are entitled to at least one appeal.

Unlike other Commonwealth countries, the sword is a traditional naval cutlass.

Unlike the systems of most other countries, education in the United States is highly decentralized, and the federal government and Department of Education are not heavily involved in determining curricula or educational standards ( with the recent exception of the No Child Left Behind Act ).

Unlike earlier adaptations that were set during the time in which the novels were written, however, these TV movies were set in the contemporary era.

Unlike these states, which were ruled by local nobles who acknowledged British suzerainty, Ajmer-Merwara was administered directly by the British, until 1858 by the East India Company and after 1858 by a chief commissioner who was subordinate to the Governor-General of India's agent for the Rajputana Agency.

Unlike bioweapons, these midspectrum agents do not reproduce in their host and are typically characterized by shorter incubation periods.

Unlike Zealous, these British ships suffered relatively severe damage in the engagement ; Goliath lost most of its rigging, suffered damage to all three masts and received over 60 casualties.

Unlike with geographical maps, where many famous projections are known ( such as the Mercator projection ), the calendar projection is a matter of such triviality that no names for these exist in common circulation.

Unlike other C-suite positions, which tend to be defined according to commonly designated responsibilities across most companies, the COO job tends to be defined in relation to the specific CEO with whom he / she works, given the close working relationship of these two individuals.

Unlike the above-mentioned PCCs, these carbines utilize either magazines from their SMG derivatives, or proprietary magazines ( as in the case of the USC ).

Unlike other schemes, this definition includes the objects with major semi-axis less than 39. 4 AU ( 2: 3 resonance ) – named Inner classical belt, or more than 48. 7 ( 1: 2 resonance ) – named Outer classical belt while reserving the term Main classical belt for the orbits between these two resonances.

Unlike YPLL, these measurements show the burden imposed on people who are very sick, but who live a normal lifespan.

Unlike a phone book, however, DNS can be quickly updated and these updates distributed, allowing a service's location on the network to change without affecting the end users, who continue to use the same hostname.

Unlike forest, these are all derived from Old English and were not borrowed from another language.

Unlike most modern hyena species, which are specialised bone-crushers, these dog-like hyenas were nimble-bodied, wolfish animals ; one species among them was Ictitherium viverrinum, which was similar to a jackal.

Unlike the P-Celtic speaking Brythons, these Gaels spoke a form of Gaelic that still survives in the Hebrides.

Unlike The Well of Loneliness, none of these novels were banned.

Unlike the Skotino cave, these caverns have smooth walls and columns, and appear to have been at least partially man-made.

Unlike modern taxonomists, these authors did not use the suffix " ales " in naming their orders.

Unlike other indigenous Mexican societies, these civilizations ( with the exception of the politically fragmented Maya ) extended their political and cultural reach across Mexico and beyond.

Unlike other Spheres, the difficulty of Spirit magic is often a factor of the Gauntlet, making these spells harder for the most part.

Unlike the DC Universe, few of Marvel's 1940s characters have become major characters in modern publications ; Captain America is one exception, and to a lesser extent his contemporary, the Sub-Mariner, is as well, primarily because both of these characters were reintroduced to readers and to the Marvel Universe during the 1960s.

Unlike the Textus Receptus, these have a pronounced Alexandrian character.

Unlike estrogens produced by mammals, these substances are not necessarily steroids.

Unlike the cyanobacteria, these bacteria do not produce oxygen ; they typically use hydrogen sulfide rather than water as the electron donor.

Unlike a normal scientist, Kuhn held, " a student in the humanities has constantly before him a number of competing and incommensurable solutions to these problems, solutions that he must ultimately examine for himself.

Unlike Pecorino Romano, these cheeses ( which are not particularly salty ) are generally eaten by themselves or in sandwiches.