Example sentences of "the [adv] [adj] features [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most distinctive features of elite theory display the virtues of the classical elite theorists — especially their realism , their scepticism about the effectiveness of both liberal democratic arrangements and any alternative form of state , their focus upon the technical character of state organization and policy-making , and their undisguised pessimism about the future prospects of democracy . |
| 2 | One of the most noticeable features of English is that many syllables are weak ; this is true of many other languages , but it is necessary to study how these weak syllables are pronounced and where they occur in English . |
| 3 | For example , some of the most memorable features of fieldwork in the Old World Tropics from Madagascar eastwards , leeches , are so little known that their behaviour towards animals other than humans is unrecorded . |
| 4 | And such observations bring out one of the most arresting features of hypochondria : its almost total independence from any real diseases from which the hypochondriac suffers . |
| 5 | Paraphrase ( or summary ) It is among the most striking features of detective fiction , Patricia Craig points out , that all kinds of topical ideologies are easily accommodated within it . |
| 6 | Mixture of paraphrase and quotation One of the most striking features of detective fiction , as Patricia Craig points out , is the way in which it " accommodates all kinds of topical ideologies " . |
| 7 | Transformational grammar Chomsky 's system of transformational grammar was developed in order to give a mathematically precise description of some of the most striking features of language . |
| 8 | The most certain features of Figure 9.10 are that Jupiter consists largely of hydrogen , that much of the interior is liquid/gas , that there is no atmosphere/surface interface , that there is some concentration towards the centre of icy and rocky substances ( this is required by the density versus depth ) , that the hydrogen exists in metallic form beyond a fairly modest depth , and that the interior is hot . |
| 9 | One of the most basic features of capitalism is the separation of the workers from the means of production and one of the most basic aims of socialism is to abolish that separation , to regulate the allocation of resources and the expenditure of labour time according to the ‘ republican and beneficent system of the association of free and equal producers ’ ( Marx , 1974 , p. 90 ) . |
| 10 | One of the most remarkable features of language is the fact that it ‘ makes infinite use of finite resources ’ . |
| 11 | Taking the so-called lower levels of language to some extent for granted , we proceeded from the most detailed features of discourse towards the most general . |
| 12 | Some of the most important features of phase diagrams are shown in the phase diagram of water . |
| 13 | Thus , for example , one of the most important features of capitalism is the pursuit of profit and owners can increase their profit by exploiting the workforce . |
| 14 | One of the most characteristic features of basalt lavas is that they are often riddled with holes . |
| 15 | This means that the most significant features of accent which are imitated/accommodated to will be ( 1 ) features involving a phonemic contrast , in other words , points where the sound systems of two varieties , rather than just the sounds themselves , are different ; ( 2 ) points of pronunciation where the systems themselves are not different , but the sounds representing a particular phoneme are substantially different . |
| 16 | One of the most significant features of NOFC is the high degree of automation employed throughout the manufacturing process . |
| 17 | In 2.3 we have discussed the problems for the discourse analyst in specifying what aspects of the apparently illimitable features of context are to be taken into account in the interpretation of discourse . |
| 18 | The kinds of untruth and distortion that this leads to , he says , stem from the fact that it ‘ reckons without the patent tenability and durability of deviant enterprise , and without the subjective capacity of man to create novelty and manage diversity ’ ( ibid. , p. 44 ) : that is , correctionalism is insensitive to the more positive features of deviance . |
| 19 | In the USA , the particularly distinctive features of unionism which distinguish it from that found in most continental European countries include ‘ job consciousness and job control , business unionism , an overwhelming emphasis upon economic struggle and collective bargaining , as opposed to broad political reform of the society and the economy ’ ( Kassalow , 1969 , p. 6 ) . |