Example sentences of "distinguish it [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The essential characteristics of this primacy which distinguished it from such primacies as that of Hamburg or Lyons were , first , that it was centred in a monastic community , and second , that its roots and its authorization went back ( as Anselm was persuaded ) to its original constitution in the seventh century . |
| 2 | But it was not only the international flavour of Penguin New Writing that distinguished it from other symposia of this kind ; Lehmann also had an active interest in the visual arts , and in particular promoted the neo-romantics . |
| 3 | Camberwell did not have a major industry that distinguished it from other London districts , but it offered sufficient variety of employment to engage a majority of the workforce ; other breadwinners did not have to go far to reach central London . |
| 4 | The term conversation is widely used , in a non-technical sense , and people seem capable of distinguishing it from other kinds of talk . |
| 5 | One of the two largest owls of the region , an enormous , almost eagle-sized bird , the prominent ear-tufts and facial disc distinguishing it from all diurnal birds of prey . |
| 6 | One peculiar characteristic of the British Parliament that distinguishes it from many legislatures in other countries , and particularly from the United States Congress , is the slight use made of specialized committees . |
| 7 | The incredible red head distinguishes it from all of them except ‘ C. ’ fenestratum , and these too , are easily differentiated as fenestratum has horizontal bars on the head , a longitudinal band , and a series of vertical bars on the body . |
| 8 | Like a small Moorhen ( p. 117 ) with a long red bill , which also distinguishes it from all the smaller crakes ; most often seen in rear view , as it dashes back into cover , when barred flanks and greyer under tail coverts distinguish from Moorhen . |
| 9 | This is grievous news , grievous not only for this and other universities but for the nation ; for it is a grave national misfortune to be governed by those who do not know what a university is and what distinguishes it from other institutions of learning and study , not to mention training . |
| 10 | We have so far been considering the extent to which the intentional ingredient in natural language distinguishes it from other systems of animal communication . |
| 11 | Another way is just to try to define its scope by explaining what it is that distinguishes it from other kinds of policy . |
| 12 | Here it distinguishes it from factual enquiry , at least as that is conceived by those with a robust sense that there is a way things really are in the world . |
| 13 | Styling outside and inside distinguishes it from big brothers |
| 14 | To do this , we used experimental criteria to characterise and distinguish it from arachidonic acid , prostaglandin , chollagen , thrombin , or adenosine diphosphate ( see Methods ) . |
| 15 | When you name a document of your own , you can add your own filename extension to help you distinguish it from other types of files . |
| 16 | Most sociologists would wish to maintain that , while their social science does not meet the rigorous criteria of a natural science , in terms of the procedures used for verification of theoretical hypotheses there is some disciplined thinking and testing of ideas going on in sociology which does distinguish it from religious or mystical thinking . |
| 17 | It has , of course , many other characteristics , of which companionship and mutual support is an important one , but the characteristics which distinguish it from all other relationships can only be met by two persons of the opposite sex . |
| 18 | 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 ) . |
| 19 | What he has done is describe certain linguistic features of the text which distinguish it from other texts ( he refers to Yeats 's ‘ Phoenix ’ and Tennyson 's , ‘ Morte d'Arthur ’ , as well as instances of non-literary usage ) , and which look as if they may be of some literary significance ; but he leaves it to the literary specialist to determine what the nature of that literary significance is . |
| 20 | Even if one discounts this problem , there is the question as to whether the tradition of authority and concern with social discipline is sufficient in itself to define Conservatism and to distinguish it from other ideologies . |
| 21 | Reproductive structures should really be found to distinguish it from other , superficially fern-like plants . |
| 22 | Just to make sure no-one gets the wrong idea , the loco carries an ‘ L ’ plate headboard to distinguish it from other trains ! |
| 23 | We confine the term ‘ ageing ’ or ‘ senescence ’ solely to the drop in survival probability and/or fertility later in the life of individuals , to distinguish it from other changes during the life history , such as early development or the onset of reproduction . |
| 24 | In fact , the term ‘ interest ’ is applied to a claim in order to distinguish it from other claims , usually with the implication that the claim labelled an interest deserves a remedy . |
| 25 | At the time , I was particularly enthusiastic about the possibility of the involvement of one of the major neurotransmitters , acetylcholine , in memory formation , and had set up a simple , fast assay for the brain 's acetylcholine receptor ( called the muscarinic receptor , to distinguish it from other types of acetylcholine receptor ) . |
| 26 | This is called the Richardson number ( sometimes the gradient form of the Richardson number to distinguish it from other forms defined somewhat differently ) . |
| 27 | This is sometimes called the ‘ absolute income ’ hypothesis to distinguish it from other hypotheses of consumption : in particular , the ‘ relative ’ and ‘ permanent ’ income hypotheses . |
| 28 | It is not usually considered to be an important tone for foreign learners to acquire , though it is still useful practice to learn to distinguish it from other tones . |
| 29 | Through remarks like these the police were normalizing the behaviour to distinguish it from that which cam be expected from gougers . |
| 30 | The symbol for the standard deviation of the population is σ to distinguish it from that of the sample , s . |