Example sentences of "feature was the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A significant feature was the realisation that BR 's policy to refurbish and life-extend the ageing fleet of diesel multiple units involved an enormous additional expense in the sudden requirement to extract all their blue and white asbestos . |
| 2 | It was made at the Bow porcelain factory around 1758 but its most valuable feature was the signature Ja Welsh on the footrim . |
| 3 | Intellectually , too , one notable feature was the steady demise of British Marxism as an influential body of ideas and doctrine . |
| 4 | His first feature was The Great Rock And Roll Swindle , the story of the Sex Pistols . |
| 5 | 8.22–24 , 30 ) ; in sacrificial ritual generally , the main activity of the Temple at Jerusalem , the principal feature was the dashing of the blood of animals on the horns of the altar and on the floor of the sanctuary ( Exod. |
| 6 | Another advanced feature was the electric starter motor provided for the engine , and the Once-Over was possibly the first tractor with this equipment . |
| 7 | Another good feature was the sponsored breakfasts each morning at 7am : they saved delegates expense and guaranteed a good turn out . |
| 8 | A twentieth century writer on church architecture called it a ‘ pretentious pseudo-classical building ’ whose principal feature was the famous ‘ Great White Pulpit ’ ’ . |
| 9 | An odd feature was the popularity of tenanted houses , bought as investments . |
| 10 | Perhaps the main feature was the skeleton of iron arches , linking through the floors and extending throughout the five-storey building . |
| 11 | Internally , the only significant architectural feature was the two-storey entrance hall , and this is to be retained . |
| 12 | The most original feature was the harnessing of the enthusiasm generated by the literacy campaign to create over 18,000 popular teachers in adult education . |
| 13 | Another interesting feature was the refrigeration system for aluminium rivets . |
| 14 | The second distinctive feature was the archosaur 's evolving skeleton . |
| 15 | This was common to much of England but the local feature was the use of flints as a building material rather than the freestone carved out of quarries elsewhere . |
| 16 | The most controversial feature was the building of new fortifications at considerable cost and , as it proved , an almost total waste of money and effort . |
| 17 | Their main distinguishing feature was the solid pressed steel side frame , with a flange round the edge . |
| 18 | Another very early feature was the use of advertisements . |
| 19 | The Bill 's central feature was the creation of a new right of appeal against a refusal of asylum . |
| 20 | One very useful feature was the lack of glass braces which are often found around the inside openings of less robustly built aquariums , as this allowed much more flexibility in fitting items such as the filter . |
| 21 | Apart from its handy size and weather resistant body the most useful feature was the 38mm-90mm zoom lens , simple operated by two buttons . |
| 22 | An important feature was the international vetting jury of nineteen , headed by Federico Zeri . |
| 23 | The temples ' most distinctive common feature was the large rectangular Central Court oriented roughly , but not exactly , north-south and measuring about 45 by 23 metres . |
| 24 | An important feature was the establishment of specific aircraft performance requirements , that is to say the ability of an aircraft to be able to take off in given circumstances within a specified distance and also to come to a stop after landing in not more than a specified length of runway . |
| 25 | We calculated the risk factors for sudden infant death syndrome separately for Maori and non-Maori children , and the striking feature was the similarity of the risk factors , with the exception of infants sharing the bed with another person . |
| 26 | Another special feature was the size of the groups , ten in the first year , twelve in the second and fifteen thereafter . |
| 27 | During the parliamentary debates , the main feature was the male MPs ' interest in the ‘ equality ’ issue . |
| 28 | With adjustment , the essential feature was the fixed but adjustable exchange rate structure in which the dollar held a central position . |
| 29 | The distinctive feature was the burning of the whole animal . |
| 30 | One much-remarked upon feature was the extent to which students now had in mind future career chances . |