striking thing

collocation in English

meaningsofstrikingandthing

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striking
adjective
uk
/ˈstraɪ.kɪŋ/us
/ˈstraɪ.kɪŋ/
very unusual or easily noticed, and therefore attracting a lot ...
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thing
noun
uk
/θɪŋ/us
/θɪŋ/
used to refer in an approximate way to an object or to avoid ...
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(Definition ofstrikingandthingfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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But the moststrikingthingabout these rules is how they attended almost entirely to appearances.
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Thestrikingthingis that no attempt was made to apprehend him, and one can only conclude that the authorities did not think he was involved.
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The moststrikingthingabout this relationship, in fact, is that it is apparently dyadic, and not triangular.
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Thestrikingthingabout her room, though, was that all the color and paintings and artifacts had been removed.
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One of these men said to me a verystrikingthing.
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Anotherstrikingthingabout the training is that the men like it.
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The moststrikingthingthere, is the very high figures for premature births.
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That is astrikingthingfor the former chairman of an industry to say.
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Thestrikingthingwas that a good many offences related to the stealing of bicycles.
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Thestrikingthingis that private investment certainly did not increase.
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Perhaps the moststrikingthingabout it is that it applies to ship repairers as well.
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There is anotherstrikingthingabout it, however.
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Now, that is astrikingthingto say.
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But the moststrikingthingis that its report was unanimous.
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Thestrikingthingis the imbalance of the effect, and this calls for some inquiry.
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I think that is a verystrikingthing.
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Thestrikingthingin this war is the value of publicity.
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It is astrikingthingthat people are tending to marry very early nowadays.
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It is a verystrikingthingto do.
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It is a verystrikingthingthat we do that.
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