Unlike in the United States, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission ( CRTC ) and Industry Canada have not set any requirement for maintaining AMPS service in Canada.

Unlike their counterparts in the United Methodist Church, ELCA and ELCIC synod bishops do not appoint pastors to local congregations ( pastors, like their counterparts in the Episcopal Church, are called by local congregations ).

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 reforms in the United Kingdom, New South Wales, Tasmania, Victoria, South Australia and soon to be Western Australia, this law does not have a retrospective effect, which is unpopular with some advocates of the reform.

Unlike physician-assisted suicide, withholding or withdrawing life-sustaining treatments with patient consent ( voluntary ) is almost unanimously considered, at least in the United States, to be legal.

Unlike the United States, the European Union has not adopted a uniform franchise disclosure policy.

Unlike the United Kingdom, traffic in Gibraltar drives on the right, as it shares a land border with Spain.

Unlike the United States ( see American English ) and Canada ( see Canadian English ), Ireland does not have its own spelling rules and British English spelling is used throughout the island.

Unlike most other specialized international agencies, the IAEA does much of its work with the Security Council, and not with the United Nations Economic and Social Council.

Unlike other United Nations specialized agencies, the International Labour Organization has a tripartite governing structure — representing governments, employers and workers ( usually with a ratio of 2: 1: 1 ).

Unlike other tribes who exchanged land grants, the Chickasaw were to receive mostly financial compensation of $ 3 million from the United States for their lands east of the Mississippi River.

Unlike the United States, Canada has no nationwide coast-to-coast Interstate highway system.

Unlike Yosemite, there was no state government that could assume stewardship of the land, so the federal government took on direct responsibility for the park, the official first national park of the United States.

Unlike the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom or the President of the United States who can appoint his own government cabinet, the General Secretary of the Central Committee, in the post-Stalin period, could not appoint new members to the Politburo without support from a majority within the Politburo itself.

Unlike most sports, the essence of professional wrestling's roots can still be seen all over the United States.

Unlike the United States, saluting is not a constant part of day to day barracks life.

Unlike in the United Kingdom, the books have always had very limited popularity in the United States.

Unlike Senators and Representatives who are constitutionally prohibited from holding any other " office of trust or profit " of the United States or of any state while holding their congressional seats, the Chief Justice and the other members of the federal judiciary are not barred from serving in other positions.

Unlike higher education in Europe, there was no national curriculum for colleges and universities in the United States.

Unlike most nearby emirates, Qatar declines to become part of either the United Arab Emirates or Saudi Arabia.

Unlike the period prior to the war, immigration was now directed at Europe and more specifically to the United Kingdom and Ireland, not from the United States, which was the largest source of immigration before the war.

Unlike Blur, Oasis were able to achieve sustained sales in the United States thanks to the singles " Wonderwall " and " Champagne Supernova ".

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 the Kingdom of Sine which is ethnically Serer and deeply rooted in " Serer-conservatism ", such as the preservation of Serer religion, culture, traditions, etc., Saloum is more cosmopolitan and multi-religious.

Unlike his father, Feodor had no enthusiasm in maintaining exclusive trading rights with the Kingdom of England.

Unlike most of its competitors in the industry, it is not a company but it is a corporate body under the Lloyd's Act 1871 of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

Unlike Japan and the United Kingdom ( where regulatory authority over the banking, securities and insurance industries is combined into one single financial-service agency ), the U. S. maintains separate securities, commodities, and insurance regulatory agencies — separate from the bank regulatory agencies — at the federal and state level.

Unlike some critics of Israeli policy, he publicly opposed the proposed boycott of Israeli academics by the Association of University Teachers in the United Kingdom, arguing that it would " weaken the last public sphere of free thinking and free speech in Israel.

Unlike the United Kingdom or the United States, France as a European continental power had pressing military / strategic needs from its railways, needs which a private sector might not provide.

Unlike in the United Kingdom, Australian whips do not hold official office, but they are recognised for parliamentary purposes.

Unlike Scotland and Northern Ireland, England and Wales form the constitutional successor to the former Kingdom of England and follow a single legal system, known as English law.

Unlike the majority of police forces in the United Kingdom, the PSNI is the only territorial police force that routinely arms all of its officers.

Unlike in the United Kingdom, where the term ( Fidei defensor, in Latin ) signifies the sovereign's position as Supreme Governor of the Church of England and a member and defender of the security of the Church of Scotland, there have been no established churches in Canada since before its confederation in 1867.

Unlike in the United Kingdom, where the sovereign is referred to in treaties and on British passports as Her Britannic Majesty, the sovereign in Canada is referred to simply as Her Majesty ( Sa Majesté ).

Unlike judges in the United Kingdom, judges in Australia never wear breeches, hose and buckled shoes.

Unlike civil time in most European countries, Internet Time does not observe daylight saving time and thus it matches Central European Time during ( European ) winter and Western European Summer Time, which is observed by the United Kingdom, Ireland, Portugal and the Canary Islands ( Spain ), during summer.

Unlike in the High Court of Justiciary, there is a right of appeal to the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom ( and previously instead to the House of Lords or to the Judicial Committee of the House of Lords ) of cases from the Inner House.

Unlike its commercial rivals, 90 % of BBC Three's output is from the United Kingdom and other European Union countries.

Unlike most provincial premiers in Canada, Davis strongly supported Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau's 1981 plans to patriate the Canadian Constitution from the United Kingdom and add to it a Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Unlike in the United Kingdom, however, there existed the perception in France that it was more important to place political influence in decision-making before practicality and production when it came to which aeroplanes were to be in the air force, and lobbying in the French parliament undoubtedly had plenty to do with this.

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 some Westminster system parliaments, in which the office of speaker is considered to be non-partisan, in the United States the speakership of the House is a leadership position in the majority party and the office-holder actively works to set that party's legislative agenda ; the office is therefore endowed with considerable political power.

Unlike in the United States the name ( John ) Doe does not actually appear in the formal name of the case, for example: X & Y v Persons Unknown HRLR 4.

Unlike the United States Lanham Act, 1946 the English Trade Marks Act, 1994 and the Indian Act, 1999 do not have provisions like section 43 ( a ) ( of Lanham Act ) to protect un-registered trade dress or allow registration of trade dress which qualifies the tests of distinctiveness and source identifier.

Unlike Eastern Europe, where Jews constituted a distinct minority group, the United States offered Jews an opportunity to blend into the dominant culture.

Unlike the New Deal, which was a response to a severe financial and economic calamity, the Great Society initiatives came just as the United States ' post-World War II prosperity was starting to fade, but before the coming decline was being felt by the middle and upper classes.

Unlike large established vineyards in other parts of the United States and Europe, the growers and winemakers of Washington will often devote personal attention to visitors, offering tastings and discussing their craft.

Unlike state courts, federal courts are courts of " limited jurisdiction ", that can only hear the types of cases specified in the Constitution and federal statutes ( primarily federal crimes, cases arising under federal law, cases with a United States government party, and cases involving a diversity of citizenship between the parties ).

Unlike other ' schools ' or styles that emerged around the turn of the 18th to 19th century in the United States, the early Taos Colony artists were not united under a single manifesto or aesthetic modus, but equally lured by the stunning and, as yet, foreign environs.

Unlike most wildflowers of the United States and Canada ( other than orchids and lilies ), spiderworts are monocots and not dicots.