Example sentences of "most [adj] feature of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Perhaps the most striking feature of fusion research at that time was the primitive state of understanding and measurement — a characteristic of a genuine pioneering phase of research . |
| 3 | The most striking feature of pupil descriptions of what it is to be a good teacher is the great emphasis placed on interpersonal respect . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 " . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The most conspicuous feature of life on land is the plants : trees , wherever it is moist and warm enough ; grasslands , where it is too dry or too cold for trees ; and various intermediate or special states , as in scrubland and bog . |
| 8 | However , this will be done with a very broad sweep to permit the focus in later chapters to concentrate on what is the essential and most interesting feature of routine policing in Northern Ireland : namely , how societal divisions affect and constrain it . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | It could not explain the most prominent feature of adjudication in hard cases like our samples : the constant and relentless concern judges show for explicating the " true " force of a statute or precedent decision when that force is problematical . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | For example , one scientist might think that the most crucial feature of depression is a failure to escape from noxious stimuli , in which case the ‘ learned helplessness ’ model would seem the most appropriate . |
| 13 | Although nature is infinitely diverse and the techniques and approaches used for its study are widely varied , a most obvious feature of science seems to be that it is concerned with the dismantling of superfluous structure , and the description of nature 's many facets in the simplest possible terms . |
| 14 | The most obvious feature of innovation is that it always comes with surprise . |
| 15 | One of the most remarkable features of language is the fact that it ‘ makes infinite use of finite resources ’ . |
| 16 | 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 ) . |
| 17 | Probably the most characteristic feature of Shito is the avoidance of unnecessary movements which waste time and energy . |
| 18 | One of the most characteristic features of basalt lavas is that they are often riddled with holes . |
| 19 | When we turn to that most distinctive feature of cave organisms , regressive evolution , we can not decide whether it is caused by selection or genetic drift ; nor can we settle whether allozymic variation is due to selection or drift . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Some of the most important features of phase diagrams are shown in the phase diagram of water . |
| 23 | To a British observer the most scandalous feature of health care in America is the position of the poor and near poor . |
| 24 | The fall in death rates was the most fundamental feature of change in the longer term . |
| 25 | Perhaps the most notable feature of cohesion in the passage is lexical repetition of various kinds ( 65 ) . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Ultimately , however , there is still the problem of the individuals who rely on a poor frequency of public transport and this can be the most significant feature of isolation . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | One of the most significant features of NOFC is the high degree of automation employed throughout the manufacturing process . |