conspicuous feature

collocation in English

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conspicuous
adjective
uk
/kənˈspɪk.ju.əs/us
/kənˈspɪk.ju.əs/
very noticeable or attracting attention, often in a way that is ...
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feature
noun
uk
/ˈfiː.tʃər/us
/ˈfiː.tʃɚ/
a typical quality or an important part ...
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(Definition ofconspicuousandfeaturefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Six of the eleven objects, then, would have been marked by thisconspicuousfeature.
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Oneconspicuousfeatureof most of the firms was that they were built on large areas of land, perhaps in anticipation of future expansion.
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Its mostconspicuousfeatureis the absence of a 'short' intrinsic time scale: the memory time is infinite.
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However, it is possible to proceed "backwards" and ask what allows this, given that speakers may see it as aconspicuousfeatureof their linguistic behavior.
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In this confused and fluid political context many commentators came to see the new movement in terms of its most publiclyconspicuousfeature: the adherence to it of youth.
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They were aconspicuousfeatureof university life.
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Illness among schoolchildren has been aconspicuousfeature, but a substantial number of adults has also been involved.
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There is oneconspicuousfeatureof this traffic.
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I concur in the views which he expressed, that in a large percentage of cases of this disease pain is not aconspicuousfeature.
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A railway station with lighted trains, or a railway line with lighted trains moving along it, is a veryconspicuousfeaturewhen viewed from the air.
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The mostconspicuousfeatureis the very long upcurved frontal medial spine, a bit like an avocet.
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The mostconspicuousfeatureis the hexagonal head shield that carries 6 ray-like spines.
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The trunk is often buttressed, and the grey or white cylindrical trunk is aconspicuousfeaturein the rainforest.
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Anotherconspicuousfeatureof this area is the mangrove vegetation, found at the estuaries of rivers and backwaters, and often extending to the interior along their banks.
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It brings to important issues of public policy a lucidity and dispassion which are not always the most conspicuous features in the other place.
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The change in the attitude of the leaders of industry and finance is one of the most conspicuous features of the psychological history of the last few months.
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It seems to me as an observer that one of the conspicuous features of this war has been that hardly anything has turned out exactly as we expected.
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They were conspicuous features of his character.
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In flight, the blue underwings and red vent are conspicuous features.
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These included conspicuous features such as blue coats and red trousers for the infantry and cavalry.
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