Sentence examples for extravagant secondary from inspiring English sources
This phenomena of spending resources on extravagant secondary amenities isn't limited to private schools, either: Iowa State University recently spent $46.2 million renovating one of two campus gyms, resulting in a facility equipped with rock walls and hot tubs, while the University of California-Davis offers swimming pools in some residence halls.
Mating preferences for genetic compatibility, however, cannot explain why in many species females prefer males with extravagant secondary sexual traits.
To explain how honest signaling by means of extravagant secondary sexual traits (SST) can be stable in an evolutionary context, Hamilton and Zuk (1982) proposed that these displays could signal immune competence.
Darwin suggested that female choice can help explain the evolution of extravagant secondary sexual characters in males, but he struggled over how to understand why females evolve mating preferences for such males [ 1].
"For years Labour ignored warnings about the baby boom and splurged billions on extravagant and expensive secondary school projects," he said.
On a $1.33 million salary this season, he could easily afford any number of luxury apartments and homes in Manhattan or Brooklyn, but those extravagant comforts are secondary to Hollis-Jefferson.
The passionate love affairs, the ensuing offspring and her notoriously extravagant lifestyle were all secondary to her strategic planning.
They are not extravagant.
