Sentence examples for it was a keystone from inspiring English sources

It was a Keystone Kops routine in an otherwise impressive afternoon.

"It was a Keystone Kop management system," said Donald W. Prange Sr., foreman of the grand jury.

In most of its range, it is a keystone species, controlling sea urchin populations which would otherwise inflict extensive damage to kelp forest ecosystems.

It is a keystone species of an entire ecosystem — one now seriously at risk.

It's a keystone for the entire project, a woman embracing a history of pain and transforming it into freedom.

While the sunflower sea stars are not a commercial edible species, it is a keystone species, contributing to a balanced marine ecosystem, she said.

Politically and economically speaking, it is a keystone species, one whose legal status will determine patterns of grazing, urban expansion and, especially, oil and gas development over much of the American West.

Whether we look at Magna Carta, the Petition of Right, the Declaration of Independence or our Constitution, it is a keystone of the rule of law that no one be indefinitely detained without indictment and conviction in a regular court of law.

For example, the plateau pika brings great damage to degraded alpine meadow, but it is a keystone species also [16, 17].

It is a keystone species in the ecosystems in which it lives, which means its presence and absence has a large impact on the surrounding area.

It is a keystone species, playing an important role in stabilizing ecosystems and regulating the populations of the animals it hunts.