Sentences with phrase «other peculiar things»

You'll notice other peculiar things too, such as the chamfered edges, which feature four strategically placed breaks at the top of the handset and on the sides near the modular attachment.

I have certain other peculiar things going on in my car.

«The other peculiar thing about this whole discussion is that the claim of privilege supports the accuracy of Comey's account,» he said.

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It is as a creature of wants that a human being has acquired, not only other characteristics that have been said to distinguish him (his disposition to make things, to fabricate, and his invention and use of tools), but also his peculiar attitude toward the world around him: both positive and intelligent.

We are easily misled here by the following sort of reasoning: «If x can do A, B, and C, and nothing else can do C, but other things can do A and B, we might describe x's peculiar function either as «doing A, B, and C» or as «doing C»» (EAE 49).

Besides, to treat a civilized society as purely the same as any other type of event in nature would be to downgrade the significance of one of those things Whitehead finds most peculiar to the human species, namely, civilization.

The source said, «They have lived with criminals, who thrive in drugs and all sorts of other things that are peculiar to criminals.

How do i start this:) I'm new on here and i think describing myself is going to be a very peculiar thing to do, I let people speak because everyone of us can give praises to ourselves but each one of us share something other people don't have.

The sense of colour as opposed to knowledge or intellect is borne out in many of the other statements Batchelor has assembled: «Colour... is the peculiar characteristic of the lower forms of nature» (Charles Blanc, 1867); it «is suited to simple races, peasants and savages» (Le Corbusier, 1923); it «has nothing in common with the innermost essence of a thing» (Naum Gabo and Antoine Pevsner, 1920); it «has always been seen as belonging to the ontologically deficient categories of the ephemeral and the random» (Jacqueline Lichtenstein, 1989).

It showed correlations in Sunspot activity, with beatle - mania, heights of hem - lines for mini-skirts, & a whole host of other things that were at times quite peculiar yet astonishing.