The phrase "characteristic of being" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is used to describe a particular attribute that someone or something has. For example, the characteristic of being honest is highly valued in society.
To be snooty about Americans, while slavishly admiring them: this is another crucial characteristic of being British.
Thwaites suggests the defining characteristic of being human is our ability to move backwards and forwards in time and think in stories.
For the rest of us, unlike trans fat and calories, excess sodium has the fortuitous characteristic of being excreted by the kidneys.
I enjoyed his observation that "To be snooty about Americans, while slavishly admiring them: this is another crucial characteristic of being British".
It can only be a matter time before the high court finds a case affording it the opportunity to say that detention has the characteristic of being indefinite and thereby unlawful.
"That's just a characteristic of being in a remote location and that's leaving aside the issues of the logistics when someone needs to be moved out and the bureaucratic delays when approval needs to be sought through multiple agencies".
English ceilidh Sometimes referred to as barn dancing, this should not be confused with Scottish ceilidh dancing, although it shares its characteristic of being inclusive and recreational – dancing for fun, and for everyone.
Whatever the position may be about particular metaphysical propositions, however, it seems clear that not all truths that are taken as basic in metaphysics have the characteristic of being self-guaranteeing.
Such inner-circle criticism had the peculiar characteristic of being entirely able to discount all the other times over more than 40 years that 60 Minutes has blown a story and then, after great denial and then great self-flagellation, and, as well, after being beaten up across the competitive news world, continued on.
All past and present forms of commercial bank money share the characteristic of being redeemable (that is, freely convertible at a fixed rate) in some underlying base money, such as fiat money (as is the case in contemporary banking) or a commodity money such as gold or silver coin.
Nevertheless, trie/tree-based schemes commonly share the characteristic of being memory-intensive and irregular.
