Sentence examples for single conspicuous from inspiring English sources

The chatter about "Powder Her Face," the British composer Thomas Adès's 1995 debut opera about a real-life sex scandal among the British aristocracy, generally gravitates toward a single, conspicuous point in the work: an aria that not only accompanies an act of oral sex but simulates it.

Several taxa show multiple foramina that perforate the basioccipital anterior to the occipital condyle (e.g., Didelphis); others show a single, conspicuous hypoglossal foramen (e.g., Pteropus), and others lack a hypoglossal foramen (e.g., Balaenoptera).

This value rises above 99% upon relaxing the bootstrap requirement; just one case of a mixed cluster of two species remained in our dataset following post-barcoding morphological reassessment, representing a single conspicuous taxonomic puzzle.

Even today, the Farakka barrage looms large in the minds of many Bangladeshis, fairly or not, as the single most conspicuous symbol of their bigger neighbors 'bullying' tactics and indifference to lower-riparian water needs (Wirsing 2007).

As a result, Slow Food Nation brought together people from all over the city, sharing their resources and time to build a single - and very conspicuous - garden.

An internal protective band, the endodermis, becomes conspicuous as a single sheath of cells surrounding the procambium.

Not a single love letter appears, a conspicuous absence for a man who married five times and whose published journals (also edited by Petersen) steam with carnal tension.

"And I have yet to find one single individual who has attained conspicuous success in bringing down enemy aeroplanes who can be said to be spoiled either by his successes or by the generous congratulations of his comrades.

In such a comprehensive text, the dearth of surgical critical care is conspicuous, with a single chapter devoted to traumatically injured patients.

This in itself may be a nod to the rise of a more assertive type of Islam among second- and third-generation immigrants, but the way the law was formulated makes sure Islam is not singled out: it bans all "conspicuous religious symbols", including crosses and kippas.

But why the conspicuous silence about the single biggest force compelling the perpetration of sexual assault and setting the occasion for victimization -- alcohol and other drug abuse?