Loyalty was one of Howard's conspicuous virtues.
Wind-pollinated flowers (see photograph) generally can be recognized by their lack of colour, odour, or nectar, while insect-pollinated flowers (see photograph) are conspicuous by virtue of their structure, colour, or the production of scent or nectar.
But the public profile of a Quaker meetinghouse, conspicuous by virtue of the presence of major art, and the budget of its handsome building, paid for by wealthy patrons, deeply divided the group.
To make welfare benefits more equal, we must first account for these differences, lest we continue comparing apples with oranges.Zachary Moore Antioch, CaliforniaTurn down the touristsSIR – Conspicuous by virtue of its absence in your article on noise ("The sound of silence", September 7th) is the racket caused by tourists.
The new Broadway revival, directed by George C. Wolfe and starring a revelatory Denzel Washington as Hickey, a former drunk turned fanatical crusader, rises to meet the challenges of a play whose flaws are as conspicuous as its virtues.
Along with almost every other rugby virtue, execution was conspicuous by its absence when Toulon suffered a near-record defeat at Wasps in the opening round of this season's Champions Cup.
Fidelity, devotion, discretion, a sense of tacit virtue, unyielding principle, and conspicuous reserve — Ben is the apotheosis of conventional liberal morality, a firm grid of values that he applies to himself without daring to impose on others.
Contemporary, capitalist, society is conspicuous in its indifference to the virtue of hospitality, which has lain at the centre of most other cultures.
Academic Questions utilizes the best of scholarly analysis to explore the conspicuous vices, as well as the virtues, of the contemporary university.
