Whilst this had the advantage of being usable by untrained users via ' hunt and peck ' typing and requiring one less key switch than a conventional 12 button keypad, it had the disadvantage that some symbols required three times as much force to depress them as others which made it hard to achieve any speed with the device.

Whilst his early work was rooted in traditional late-19th century romantic Italian opera, he successfully developed his work in the ' realistic ' verismo style, of which he became one of the leading exponents.

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 the styles were similar, there are some notable differences between both Rococo and Baroque architecture, one of them being symmetry, since Rococo emphasised the asymmetry of forms, whilst Baroque was the opposite.

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 Spangberg headed east to Okhotsk, Bering waited in Yakutsk, preparing two ships on the Lena ( one would be captained by Vasili Pronchishchev and the other first by Peter Lassenius and later by Dmitry Laptev ).

Whilst recovering from the fever, Rivers had formed a friendship with one of his father's speech therapy students, a young Army surgeon.

Whilst at one level conservative — harking back in foreign policy to the period of Phillip II, invoking traditional values at home — Philip's policies were also radical, rejecting the policy towards the rebellious Dutch that had held since 1609, entering into the Thirty Years ' War, and introducing a system of junta, or small committee, government across Spain in competition to the traditional system of royal councils.

Whilst historians such as Yitzhak Baer state, " the conversos and Jews were one people ", Kamen claims, " Yet if the conversos were hated by the Christians, the Jews liked them no better.

Whilst St Ann's Allotments in Nottingham, created in the 1830s, is regarded as one of the oldest allotments sites in England, as well as the largest site of Victorian gardens in the world, the accolade is actually reserved by Great Somerford Free Gardens in the Wiltshire village of Great Somerford.

Whilst not performing any kind of Mass per se, the Church of Scotland has a Watchnight ( similar to the one on Hogmanay ) service beginning just before midnight, wherein carols are sung.

Whilst there, one of Fleming's friends, Duff Dunbar, gave him a copy of Beatrix Potter's The Tale of Squirrel Nutkin to read and suggested that he took the time to write up the bedtime story that Fleming used to tell to tell his son Caspar each evening.

Whilst undertaking the preliminary drawings for the book, Trog tried to make the fudge recipe included in the book and found it was not particularly good: the editors at Jonathan Cape spent a day making up batches from different recipes to find a better one to use.

Whilst Lady Windermere leaves the room to find one, the story is revealed: Mrs Erlynne left her husband for a lover shortly after Lady Windermere's birth.

Whilst in lay up at Clarence dry docks, she was offered for sale, with one prospective buyer hoping to use her to operate cruises around the Isle of Man.

Whilst not non-stop, as one must change trains at East Croydon in order to touch in or out of the Oyster card system, the frequency of trains between East Croydon and Gatwick Airport is such that changeover times are minimal ( as little as one minute ).

Whilst once two distinct villages, the Bookhams have long been interconnected with residential roads that give most newcomers the impression that it is in fact one large village.

Whilst the public image of science education may be one of simply learning facts by rote, science education in recent history also generally concentrates on the teaching of science concepts and addressing misconceptions that learners may hold regarding science concepts or other content.

Whilst one of these ( einsteinium ) is now available in macroscopic quantities, most are extremely rare, having only been prepared in microgram amounts or less.

Whilst Director, in 1950, he established the outdoor centre at Whitehall, near Buxton, one of the first of its kind in the UK.

" Whilst the character spent less time with his old friends, Denisof was " more or less isolated from the cast, barring one or two scenes of mild confrontation when they would come to visit me and we'd chew each other out.

Whilst the Theatre has a resident show, it is still able to have one off shows ; this is enabled by the scenery of the resident show being designed to be easily removed.

Whilst investigating possible sources for the word " Hobbit " Tolkien realised he had made a mistake in using hob -, which is traditionally used to mean a smaller entity, not a larger one.

Whilst with Yeovil Botham made an appearance for the Football Association XI ( a representative side for non-league footballers ) against the Northern Football League at Croft Park during the 1984-85 season.

Whilst the PGI rules state that a Cornish pasty must be a " D " shape, with crimping along the curve ( i. e., side-crimped ), crimping is variable within Cornwall, with some advocating a side crimp while others maintain that a top crimp is more authentic.

Whilst appearing very similar to the Austin engine the level of agreement between Reliant and Austin remains unclear, the Reliant side valve engine was a 747cc four cylinder unit built using smaller scale manufacturing techniques than Austin.

Whilst Taylor was busy sorting out the film production side of the project, Aston found some suitable sites to excavate, and gathered together a team of archaeologists to appear on the show.

Whilst doing this new work, Szpilman was permitted to go out into the Gentile side of Warsaw.

Whilst, like the other Scottish " Hydros " ( Crieff and Peebles ), it originally housed extensive spa and therapeutic bath facilities, these are all now housed in an independent modern building to its side.

Whilst the three-arch stone aqueduct was being built, a set of nine temporary locks were used to carry the canal down one side of the valley and up the other.

Whilst the Central League is for Football League reserve teams, The West Division contains a Manchester City side which uses a mix of reserve team and youth team squad players and in 2007-08 they were Central League champions.

Whilst playing for Livingston, Robertson became involved the coaching side of the game.

Whilst not of the same calibre of Streak, Goodwin, and the Flower brothers, this new breed of predominantly multi-disciplined players formed a solid backbone to a competitive, if usually unsuccessful, side.

Whilst at Liège, he was loaned out to Italian side Udinese and then in the midst of the 1989 – 90 season he was allowed to go on trial at English side Luton Town.

Whilst at Hibs, Cormack caught the eye of John Prentice who was then manager of the Scottish national side, Prentice awarded Cormack his first cap on the 25 June 1966 in a prestigious friendly with Brazil at Hampden Park, Brazil were warming up in readiness to play in the ' 66 World Cup which was to be held South of the border in England.

Whilst the Panthers form was up and down at the beginning of the season, Alexander was named as captain and fullback of the City Origin side, ahead of incumbent NSW captain Ben Elias.

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 with Sunderland he spent a brief loan spell with Scottish Premier League side Celtic.

Whilst Melmotte is carrying out his financial shenanigans, Paul Montague is the one person who is a thorn in his side.

Whilst growing up Andrew attended an exclusive, academically challenging Jesuit boys ' school on the south side of Dublin.

Whilst in Year 12 Edward was selected to play for the Australian under 19s side to tour Sri Lanka.

Whilst the eastern, southern, and western faces of the clock display the conventional Roman clock-face numerals, the Roman numerals on the northern ( Oxford Street ) side of the clock have been replaced as follows: 1: D, 2: U, 3: S, 4: T, 5: H, 6: E, 7: VII, 8: E, 9: D, 10: V, 11: A, 12: R. This was done to celebrate the coronation of King Edward VII ; and, commencing at where the VIII ought to be, the northern clock-face reads E. D. V. A. R. D. U. S T. H. E VII.

Whilst playing over 70 games for the Ibrox side, he only showed glimpses of his earlier career success, and found himself yet again on the fringes of the first team.

Whilst rather charmingly built in the style of a railway station, it is not the original one which was located the other side of the Tarka Trail where an original platform still exists.

Whilst in Colombia, he also turned out for their national side in a match against Hungary.

Whilst similar to the B10L in design, both featuring a side-mounted engine, the B7L's engine was a Volvo D7C unit mounted vertically, as opposed to the horizontally-mounted Volvo DH10 / GH10 engine of the B10L ; the radiator was mounted above the engine instead of the right-hand side, allowing the rear door to be located as rearward as possible.