Whilst he is theoretically accountable to Hacker personally, it is Sir Humphrey who writes his performance reviews and apparently wields influence over Bernard's future in the Service, leading to difficult situations for the young civil servant.

Whilst the UK domestic and worldwide popularity of Highland cattle has made trade in pedigree beasts occasionally the most lucrative-mainly on account of their handsome appearance-they are at their best agriculturally when used to produce beef in a cold climate from poor pasture and forage.

Whilst not strictly a myiasis species the congo floor maggot feeds on mammal blood, occasionally human.

Whilst it is occasionally possible to wade from Scarp to Harris at very low tide, this is a dangerous exploit and lives have been lost attempting it.

Whilst the line does not currently possess any steam locomotives, it is occasionally operated by visiting steam locomotives, see " Special events " above.

Whilst with Radio 1 he became the face of the BBC's teen film-making strand, BBC Blast and occasionally DJs in clubs with his ' Movie Madness ' set.

Whilst jianpu ( numerical notation ) is most often used in the modern Chinese orchestra, standard notation is also sometimes used, especially for the keyed sheng, Western instruments like the cello and double bass, and also occasionally for certain percussion instruments ( for Western instruments like the vibraphone and triangle ).

Whilst Aunt Mimi was a regular member of the congregation, Lennon ’ s visits to church were less frequent, but he was a member of the youth group and sang occasionally in the choir at weddings.

Whilst walking around the hills surrounding Neapoli, apart from the usual tortoises, hare, goats, and xylophagidae ( known more commonly in Greece as Tzitzikia ), one can occasionally see eagles, hummingbirds, and scorpions.

Whilst being a children's show, it occasionally makes reference to rather mature matters, high-brow culture, and complex scientific thinking ; and because of this it has also gained a considerable following of older viewers outside of its intended age range.

Whilst members of the Independent Catholic movement take seriously the issue of valid orders, it is highly significant that the relevant Vatican Congregations tend not to respond to petitions from Independent Catholic bishops and clergy who seek to be received into communion with the Holy See, hoping to continue in some sacramental role.

Whilst these impacts can be included in a detailed environmental impact assessment, a key issue has been how to present these assessments alongside estimates of those costs and benefits that can be expressed in monetary terms.

Whilst many local tourism authorities still issue licenses for rickshaw drivers to carry passengers, authorities in China are tightening rules in order to alleviate cheating of tourists ( many rickshaw drivers are renowned for over-charging non-locals and foreign tourists ) and to reduce traffic congestion ( e. g. a typical Chinese cycle-rickshaw will travel at less than 10kmh and is wide enough to fill an entire traffic or bicycle lane and therefore are blamed as a major cause of traffic congestion ), and have been banned in many cities already.

Whilst this was an issue for monophonic synthesizers, the limited number of oscillators ( typically 3 or fewer ) meant that keeping instruments tuned was a manageable task, often performed using dedicated front panel controls.

Whilst the powers of the Senate were limited, it could pass resolutions ( senatus consulta ) which the Emperor might adopt and issue in the form of edicts.

Whilst Pye did not have its own operations in Canada, it arranged with Canadian record companies to issue Pye recordings on the Pye label in Canada.

Whilst he solved the club's defensive frailties during 2009 / 10, the lack of striking options continued to be an issue, although the arrival of Andy Mangan in January 2010, the BSP's leading goalscorer during the previous year, went some way to getting over that problem.

Whilst Ulster nationalism went into something of a decline following the South Belfast by-election in loyalist circles, the issue became a matter of policy for the Official National Front, as the Political Soldier wing of the British National Front was known.

Whilst it does recognise the validity of the orders of certain groups which separated from communion with Holy See.

Whilst Laura Mulvey's paper has a particular place in the feminist film theory, it is also important to note that her ideas regarding ways of watching the cinema ( from the voyeuristic element to the feelings of identification ) have been very important in terms of defining spectatorship from the psychoanalytical view point.

Whilst being part of the European Union, the British overseas territory of Gibraltar has a separate legal jurisdiction from the United Kingdom and enjoys a different tax system.

Whilst a few social scientists who draw inspiration from ' organic ' views of society have embraced Gaia philosophy as a way to explain the human-nature interconnections, most professional social scientists are more involved in reflecting upon the way Gaia philosophy is used and engaged with within sub-sections of society.

Whilst the general public was not aware of nature observation ( formally conducted as field research ) during the 1930s, practitioners of the hobby went on to become the pioneers of the conservation movement that flourished in the UK from 1965 onwards ; a movement that eventually became a global political movement within a generation's timespan.

Whilst Humayun succeeded in protecting Agra from Sher Shah, the second city of the Empire, Gaur the capital of the vilayat of Bengal, was sacked.

Whilst agreeing with ( 2 ) Searle argues that ( 1 ) is false and points out that ( 3 ) does not follow from ( 1 ) and ( 2 ).

Whilst in Vienna, working to aid refugees from Nazi Germany, Philby met and fell in love with Litzi Friedmann ( born Alice Kohlmann ), a young Austrian Communist of Hungarian Jewish origins.

Whilst on a short trip back from Spain, Philby tried to recruit Flora Solomon, daughter of a Russian banker and gold dealer, a relative of the Rothschilds and wife of a London stockbroker, as a Soviet agent.

Whilst Schwitters still created work in an expressionist style into 1919 ( and would continue to paint realist pictures up to his death in 1948 ), the first abstract collages, influenced in particular by recent works by Hans Arp, would appear in late 1918, which Schwitters dubbed Merz after a fragment of found text from the sentence Commerz Und Privatbank in his picture Das Merzbild, Winter 1918 – 19.

* Whilst Alberti's treatises on painting and architecture have been hailed as the founding texts of a new form of art, breaking from the gothic past, it is impossible to know the extent of their practical impact within his lifetime.

Whilst neither intended to move out, both felt it preferable to rent the space from new owners rather than continue to be the owners themselves ( and so be responsible for the buildings ' upkeep and maintenance ).

Whilst meantime, in Nazi-occupied Poland, the Council of National Unity was set up ; this body functioned from 1944 to 1945 as the parliament of the Polish Underground State.

Whilst nudity and the practice of witchcraft have long been associated in the visual arts, this contemporary ritual nudity is typically attributed to either the influence of Gerald Gardner or to a passage from Aradia, or the Gospel of the Witches, and as such is mainly attributed to the Gardnerian and Aradian covens.

Whilst greed is a recurring theme in the novel, with many of the episodes stemming from one or more of the characters ' simple desire for food ( be it trolls eating dwarves or dwarves eating Wood-elf fare ) or a desire for beautiful objects, such as gold and jewels, it is only by the Arkenstone's influence upon Thorin that greed, and its attendant vices " coveting " and " malignancy ", come fully to the fore in the story and provide the moral crux of the tale.

Whilst this story might be quoted as part of a justification for moving from act to rule utilitarianism McCloskey anticipates this and points out that each rule has to be judged on its utility and it is not at all obvious that a rule with exceptions has less utility.

Whilst hierarchy is quickly established between individuals from a single group, this is not the case with organisms from different groups ; these are substantially more aggressive and very rarely climb one another or form aggregates.

Whilst on this campaign Manuel received a letter from Louis VII of France announcing his intention of leading an army to the relief of the crusader states.

Whilst Edward mobilised his own faction and placed Leeds castle under siege, Isabella was given the Great Seal and assumed control of the royal Chancery from the Tower of London.

Whilst attending a congress of neurologists in Amsterdam in 1907, Jones met Carl Jung from whom he received a first-hand account of the work of Freud and his circle in Vienna.

Whilst widely criticised at the time, over the longer term the decision can be seen as a logical culmination of the withdrawal from Britain's colonial-era political and military commitments in Asia, the Middle East, Africa and elsewhere that had been underway under British governments of both parties since the Second World War – and of the parallel switch of Britain's emphasis to its European identity.

Whilst this is difficult to detect by touch, this may not be necessary in order to distinguish it from other coins, given its size.

Whilst not rejecting the occurrence of external phenomena, the Buddha focused on the illusion created within the mind of the perceiver by the process of ascribing permanence to impermanent phenomena, satisfaction to unsatisfying experiences, and a sense of reality to things that were effectively insubstantial.

Whilst the idea that there is some objective sense in which time is flowing can be denied, the fact that conscious beings feel as though it is in some sense flowing cannot.

Whilst agglutination is characteristic of certain language families, it would be facile to jump to the conclusion that when several languages in similar geographic area are all agglutinative, they necessarily have to be related in the phylogenetic sense.

Whilst some critics praise the film's visual performance, use of color and soundtrack, others have criticized it for its lack of sense and puzzling storyline.

Whilst Innisfail was always reputed to have a positive sense of community spirit, the aftermath of Tropical Cyclone Larry and the unified cleanup effort acted to promote this spirit through shared suffering.

Whilst, Schubert apart, these composers certainly knew each other ( with Haydn and Mozart even being occasional chamber-music partners ), there is no sense in which they were engaged in a collaborative effort in the sense that one would associate with 20th-century schools such as the Second Viennese School, or Les Six.

Whilst usually less popular, micros are thus more important in the sense that they include a much wider span of the " tree of life " ( i. e., phylogenetic diversity ).

Whilst outside Australia this may have been seen as a negative response, from an Australian audience and in the context of the Australian sense of humour this was recognised as high praise.

Whilst the entrance on the inland side remained relatively basic, the building work created a grander impression from the estuary – any visitors to London, English or French, would have passed by Queenborough Castle on the south bank and Hadleigh on the north, the combination communicating a strong sense of royal power.

Whilst living in the city, he coined the term Lucid dream in the sense of mental clarity, a term that nowadays is a classic term in the Dream literature and study, meaning dreaming while knowing that one is dreaming.

Whilst in no sense, I hope, either a religious or a political fanatic, I have for some time felt convinced that the crisis in which we are all involved is one calling for a thorough re-examination of our whole scheme of values and of loyalties.

Whilst in no sense, I hope, either a religious or a political fanatic, I have for some time felt convinced that the crisis in which we are all involved is one calling for a thorough reexamination of our whole scheme of values and of loyalties.

Whilst the song itself is as good as Beautiful, you sense that, to the public, Christina Aguilera is one of those artists with one good song and many more that are little more than forgettable.