This loss of distinctive aspiration occurs with three out of the four voiced stops, a situation close to that of Slavic.
It would demonstrate that Britain could accommodate the distinctive needs and aspirations of its various component parts.
Chen Chenxi, in the Communist Party People's Daily, praised the British for "thrift" and their "distinctive culture and aspirations".
"Urban Zulu Mambo," which opened last night as part of the Signature Theater's Company's 10th-anniversary celebration, has been written by four playwrights of distinctive voices and high aspirations: Kia Corthron, Suzan-Lori Parks, Ntozake Shange and Regina Taylor.
Part of the Signature Theater Company's 10th-anniversary season, "Urban Zulu Mambo" has been written by four African-American playwrights of distinctive voices and high aspirations: Kia Corthron, Suzan-Lori Parks, Ntozake Shange and Regina Taylor.
But when it came to foreign policy substance and practice, as opposed to theory and aspiration, Hague's "distinctive" new brand looked depressingly familiar.
More recently, the mannequin is portrayed as having a more distinctive style and personality — an aesthetic aspiration unto herself.
Contrary to aspirations, this local pay-for-performance scheme did not engender any distinctive sense of ownership nor avoid any of the conflicts associated with the national scheme.
According to the Auditory Enhancement hypothesis, its redundant acoustic specifications (presence of low-frequency energy, ratio of consonant duration to preceding vowel duration, and presence/absence of aspiration; see [ 46]) all work together to make this feature acoustically distinctive even under adverse listening conditions.
Its aspirations were high: "From the outset, it was very important that our products have a distinctive aesthetic identity and also qualify for the Poinçon de Genève," Mr. Dubuis said by telephone from Geneva.
