| The characters are overly stiff, like Dan Clowes's work, but without Clowes's eccentricity and distinctiveness. |
| The immediate reaction was a crisis of confidence, followed by a reassertion of Scottish distinctiveness in culture and politics. |
| As a result our streets are losing their local distinctiveness and character. |
| Clothing is also an important marker of cultural distinctiveness and class position. |
| Individuality and distinctiveness, the demonstration that more is possible than we had imagined before, are values not only of art but of life. |
| Much of this distinctiveness can now be ascribed to the influence of Actinocyclus normanii in both the planktonic and benthic food webs. |
