The letter is a good specimen of Basic Mailerese.
A good specimen can easily run more than $5,000, and often, major trees can fetch upward of $15,000 to $20,000.
But a plant used in this way needs to be a good specimen, well grown.
Unable to hike or boat, I scanned the pond with a pair of binoculars I had remembered to bring, hoping for a good specimen.
We had just discovered the most common mineral on the planet, and, he informed us, it wasn't even a good specimen.
"Doctor Sleep" is Stephen King's latest novel, and it's a very good specimen of the quintessential King blend.
By Malcolm Ross The Bell Telephone Laboratories, which is the research department of the American Telephone & Telegraph Company, is a good specimen of the modern invention factory, and handy to anyone who enjoys scientific peepshows.
Root may have eaten his bouillabaisse there long ago, under the regime of the ancienne patronne, a woman known only as Ida, but the du Midi still makes a pretty good specimen now and then.
The Bell Telephone Laboratories, which is the research department of the American Telephone & Telegraph Company, is a good specimen of the modern invention factory, and handy to anyone who enjoys scientific peepshows.
VEGETABLES EVERY DAY: The Definitive Guide to Buying and Cooking Today's Produce, With More Than 350 Recipes (HarperCollins, $30), by Jack Bishop, presents short essays on all the common vegetables (and quite a few not so common), with each section laying out simple and authoritative advice on how to select a good specimen, how to store it and how Bishop thinks it's best prepared.
