Whilst heavier armour provides better protection, it makes vehicles less mobile ( for a given engine power ), limits its air-transportability, increases cost, uses more fuel and may limit the places it can go-for example, many bridges may be unable to support the weight of a main battle tank.

Whilst touring in 2009, Bailey joked that his main reason for leaving the show was a lack of desire to continue humming Britney Spears ' " Toxic " to little known figures in the indie music scene.

Whilst the rest of the army had been under attack in the pass the troops of the van and main divisions had constructed a fortified encampment.

Whilst for the main part Cowdenbeath is fairly level, there are significant portions of the town which have succumbed to subsidence as a result of the network of mineshafts and tunnels underlying the town.

Whilst still under the ownership of the British Midland Group, a further transfer of the main internal Scottish services took place in 1996.

Whilst almost all other diesel locomotives were diesel-electric, the Western Region employed a policy of using diesel-hydraulic traction, originally commissioning three classes of main line locomotives — a type 2 and two type 4s ( later designations class 22, class 41 and class 42 ).

Whilst the nation has never won the main contest, Belarussian singer-writer Alexander Rybak won for Norway in 2009, with his composition Fairytale earning a record score.

Whilst completing his film degree, Jake got his big break into the industry directing music videos and films for MTV Sports, travelling the world thinking up brave new ways to capture the main players of the extreme sports phenomenon that swept the ‘ 90s.

Whilst the main road feels definitely cosmopolitan, the population of the surrounding streets is somewhat more homogeneous ( See Demographics section .).

Whilst producing the Evita album, Tim Rice had tried out various lyrics as the main hook and title of the song including " It's Only Your Lover Returning " and " All Through My Crazy and Wild Days " amid fears that mentioning Argentina would reduce the commercial appeal.

Whilst it shared the old 3. 4 ’ s bore and stroke of and respectively, it was actually a small bore derivative of the 4. 2, using its block, cylinder spacings, main bearing spacings and stiffer bottom end but dispensing with the cylinder liners used by the 3. 8 and 4. 2.

Whilst some of the crewmen were still not convinced, with all of a sudden the main sail catches the wind, which the crewmen see as a small act of God's willingness.

Whilst much of this conversion was completed ( including creation of the main debating hall ) and the building was renamed New Parliament House it was determined that the facility was too small for its stated purpose ( as and when that purpose arose ).

Whilst the house system was kept by name only, the main social function of the house system was lost.

Whilst the main land use is sheep farming, tourism plays a significant part, with the Newby Bridge Caravan Park accommodating many guests each year.

Whilst the album featured some original music ( such as the main title theme and the " Rory, Rory ..." interlude ) it was mainly made up of cover versions, including The Beatles ' Yellow Submarine and Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds.

Regarding the qualifications of NKT-IKBU teachers, Kay observed that " Whilst personal experience of the teachings is considered important, the dominant view within the NKT is that the main qualification of a teacher is their purity of faith and discipleship.

Whilst there are very few houses and farms, the main feature of the hamlet is a nature reserve, Loynton Moss, which attracts ramblers regularly.

Whilst primarily a friendship organisation, it supports local charities, with the two main events it runs being Dorridge Day and the Christmas sleigh, visiting nearly every street in the area every December.

Whilst all three fields are distinct, there is necessarily significant overlap at their interface.

Whilst it is possible to boot BeIA into an interface similar to the standard BeOS, doing so involves special knowledge.

Whilst a reasonable road infrastructure has existed within Angola, time and the war have taken their toll on the road surfaces, leaving many severely potholed, littered with broken asphalt.

Whilst Anah has thus retained its name for forty-two centuries the site is variously described.

Whilst providing a projected image, the technique has limited resolution ( 2-2. 5 nm ), due to both quantum mechanical effects and lateral variation in electron velocity.

Whilst captive breeding programmes can be viewed as having been successful in ensuring survival of this species in Europe and North America, the situation in the wild has been less promising.

Whilst the Bongo EEP can be viewed as having been successful in ensuring survival of this species in Europe, the EEP has not yet become actively involved in the conservation of this species in the wild in a coordinated fashion.

Whilst critical theorists usually are defined as Marxist intellectuals, their tendency to denounce Marxist concepts, and to synthesise Marxian analysis with other sociologic and philosophic traditions has been attacked as revisionism, by Classical, Orthodox, and Analytical Marxists, and by Marxist-Leninist philosophers.

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 this theory is today widely disputed and discredited by historians like Norman Cohn, Keith Thomas and Ronald Hutton, it has had a significant effect in the origins of Neopagan religions, primarily Wicca, a faith she supported.

Whilst prices have reduced and availability has increased considerably since the introduction of competition, there is little sign of TPSA's market share being seriously reduced.

Whilst on the surface the new Potsdamer Platz appears so far to have lived up to its expectations as a futuristic centre of commerce at the heart of Europe's youngest capital city, there has been much debate as to just how successful it really is.

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.

A postscript at the end of the published volume of transactions containing Darwin's paper states that " Whilst the last pages of this volume were in the press, Dr Withering of Birmingham ... published a numerous collection of cases in which foxglove has been given, and frequently with good success ".

Whilst some critics have accused Heaney of being " an apologist and a mythologizer " of the violence, Blake Morrison suggests the poet " has written poems directly about the Troubles as well as elegies for friends and acquaintances who have died in them ; he has tried to discover a historical framework in which to interpret the current unrest ; and he has taken on the mantle of public spokesman, someone looked to for comment and guidance ...

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 the photosphere has an absorption line spectrum, the chromosphere's spectrum is dominated by emission lines.

Whilst quiet and friendly, ' Erbert has been shown to be equally able to cause havoc like his classmates.

Whilst this has aided self-sufficiency and domestic investment, double-digit unemployment and inflation remain problematic.

Whilst mass immigration since the Second World War has diluted this conflict, the Catholic-Protestant divide has been cited as a dynamic in the republic debate, particularly in relation to the referendum campaign in 1999.

Whilst this elm has little innate resistance to Dutch elm disease, it is not favoured by the vector bark beetles and thus only becomes colonized and infected when there are no other choices, a rare situation in western Europe.

Whilst the spire is the cathedral's most impressive feature, it has also proved to be troublesome.