There was an additive effect of the degree of familiarity: the ewes with familiar companions grazed the preferred feeding site for longer, vocalised less and were less vigilant than those with unfamiliar companions.
And we are all familiar with the idea of small-town blues, of the contempt bred by familiarity, the despair of flagging industry, the sheer weight of belonging.
Consistent with a requirement for strain but not individual familiarity, the free rats now helped stranger rats from the different, but now familiar, strain.
Familiarity, the foundation for cohesiveness, is important.
With familiarity the could-haves of Anthony's career became millstones.
And there was always the familiarity, the comfort, of the group.
There is good reason for the familiarity; the technical regulations haven't changed much since last season.
When she first arrived at Citigroup, she oversaw an area with which she had deep familiarity — the brokerage business.
"They want to bring people they are close with because they need that familiarity," the friend said.
Instead, with dismaying familiarity, the original lineup was assembled through chance, circumstance and the prosaic need for a tape recorder.
"There was this incredible feeling of familiarity — the hospitality, the music, the artistic expression: modern paintings are everywhere.
