outstanding feature

collocation in English

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outstanding
adjective
uk
/ˌaʊtˈstæn.dɪŋ/us
/ˌaʊtˈstæn.dɪŋ/
clearly very much better than what ...
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feature
noun
uk
/ˈfiː.tʃər/us
/ˈfiː.tʃɚ/
a typical quality or an important part ...
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(Definition ofoutstandingandfeaturefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Theoutstandingfeatureof the modern cultural landscape is the dominance of pathways over settlements.
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Together with the censure of individual officials, it was the otheroutstandingfeatureof popular protest at the beginning of the 16th century.
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Theoutstandingfeatureof the articles, many of which are introductions to extremely complex topics, is their coherence and clarity.
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Theoutstandingfeaturein connexion with these larvae, and their relation to pearl formation, is, that so few pearls are found, although the larvae are so abundant.
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I shall not expatiate on that, although it is the mostoutstandingfeaturethat this selection should be made for this remission of taxation.
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Theoutstandingfeatureof the replies was the number of parents, including widows, who said that they had no knowledge of the school.
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Oneoutstandingfeatureof his speech was that he did not give a single clue about what any one of those suggestions might be.
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This reduction in output is theoutstandingfeatureof the moment.
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At any rate there is oneoutstandingfeatureof it, and that is that it constantly varies.
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I am only claiming not that we ought not to do it, but that it is theoutstandingfeatureof national life.
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There is oneoutstandingfeatureof the settlement.
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He said that voluntary action for social progress had been anoutstandingfeatureof this country.
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Theoutstandingfeatureof disagreement to-day is that the raw materials of the earth are cornered by the few.
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That is the first andoutstandingfeatureof the administration of compensation law.
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Anoutstandingfeatureof the prison service is the education department's battle for survival.
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Theoutstandingfeatureis that we have consistently had this double burden of unemployment.
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It is, for example, theoutstandingfeatureof his oratory.
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I am not thinking only of the unrelenting pressure of grinding hard work, though that is anoutstandingfeature.
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Pioneering has always been anoutstandingfeatureof the aircraft industry.
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It is that which is theoutstandingfeatureof leasehold as it is normally known.
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