This sense of familiarity, however, is for the most part an illusion, since only the slenderest of threads binds us to the Old English "word-hoard" and vision of the "Beowulf" poet.
We used BMI as a measure of weight relative to height at all ages for reasons of consistency and familiarity; however, this index is not independent of height at younger ages (Cole, 1986).
Western diplomats have a long historical familiarity, however dramatic and tumultuous, with Russia and Turkey.
Their very familiarity, however, and the consequent unthinking acceptance of them make it important to emphasize that until recently postal systems lacked many of these features.
That familiarity, however, will make it exceedingly difficult for Clinton to present herself as someone fresh and different — qualities voters often crave, especially at the tail end of a two-term presidency.
Familiarity, however, had no effect on the occurrence of comfort behaviours (GLMM, Tab. S4, see supplementary data).
However, this familiarity might also have led to more favourable evaluations of the hospital's services and the intervention than if the interviews had been conducted by independent researchers.
Ullman does not acknowledge this familiarity.
Is this familiarity a reason for contempt?
Unfortunately, this familiarity bred contempt.
