Sentence examples for using a peculiar from inspiring English sources

ADDING to the mystery, the repayment was made using a peculiar transaction involving the redemption of "convertible preferred equity certificates" that TIM Hellas had issued.

Males remove rival sperm prior to transfer of their own ejaculate using a peculiar-shaped aedeagus, but sperm removal by males is not always complete.

Honey guides use a peculiar chattering to attract the attention of an animal likely to follow.

The greater honey guide (I. indicator) spreads its tail conspicuously and uses a peculiar undulating flight in attracting attention.

Like Brecht, who used a peculiar German for the play, he has written a hiccupy English, which often has the verb at the end of a sentence.

In its quest for an original take on Baum's evolution, "The Real Wizard of Oz" uses a peculiar geographical structure, with the book divided into five sections that are also essentially chronological.

In the business of trading risks around, insurers use a peculiar kind of bookkeeping that will be familiar to anyone who has played the lottery.

To time the duration of their actions, he used a peculiar aspect of the dreaming mind: although the body is paralysed, eye movements tend to be translated to the body.

The codex uses a peculiar system of chapter divisions, which it shares with Codex Vaticanus and Minuscule 579.

In a previous experiment [8], one animal used a peculiar technique to open baited film canisters: instead of opening the canisters by hand, as most of the control subjects did, it used its mouth.

A strong argument in favor of this model is the fact that activating FcRs use a peculiar TM module (TM1) to associate with FcRγ chain that is homologous to TMs of activating mammalian KIRLs.