A predominance of boys in the class did not intimidate the girls during classroom discussion. From LearnThat.org.
The military's predominance is the second major conclusion to draw from the Woodward account. From Wordnik.com. [Michael Brenner: HuffPost Review: Obama's Wars] Reference
The assertion was that the environment that 'caused' the dark variety to gain predominance was evidenced in the genome. From Wordnik.com. [Darwin's Defenders Go Neo-Lamarckian] Reference
"I have no doubt that, in the long run, this will change radically but in the short term the predominance of white males seems to me to be unavoidable.". From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Strike that word "predominance," since there was virtually no policy-making apparatus in the White House; politics was effectively the ONLY thing in play. From Wordnik.com. [Bush Scandals: It's the Politics, Stupid] Reference
They alleged that there was a "predominance" of Selous Scouts in the MDC. From Wordnik.com. [Elections - fresh news by plazoo.com] Reference
The author is careful to base his distinction on the "predominance" of the "rational" or of the "imaginative" process. From Wordnik.com. [Essai sur l'imagination créatrice. English] Reference
The brief goes on to explain that Kentucky law as followed a "predominance" test to determine whether a game is one of skill or chance with regard to the gambling proscription. From Wordnik.com. [British Blogs] Reference
And what explains the cultural predominance of right = good?. From Wordnik.com. [Right is Right ... Except for Lefties] Reference
On account of the predominance of invert sugars, pure honey has. From Wordnik.com. [Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value] Reference
The predominance of righties throughout history and across cultures. From Wordnik.com. [Right is Right ... Except for Lefties] Reference
Such control or predominance is manifested in the following ways: First. From Wordnik.com. [The Education of American Girls] Reference
These events might have secured the predominance of the Liberals for many years. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference
This power depends, first, on the predominance of its proximate constituents -- viz. From Wordnik.com. [Manures and the principles of manuring] Reference
Care must be taken not to exaggerate the predominance of the new microbe over the bacteridum. From Wordnik.com. [The Harvard Classics Volume 38 Scientific Papers (Physiology, Medicine, Surgery, Geology)] Reference
I took rather an extreme view in favor of the predominance of the legislative department of the. From Wordnik.com. [Fifty Years of Public Service] Reference
Visayan jealousy of Tagálog predominance had also its influence, but the ruling factor was the. From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands] Reference
Another phenomenon that can't be missed about the super generous is the predominance of Americans. From Wordnik.com. [Billion-Dollar Donors] Reference
The rhetoric of Lucan or Byron, the predominance of sound over sense in some of Shelley and much of. From Wordnik.com. [The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield] Reference
Gneiss is a similar mixture, but characterised by the predominance of mica, and by its banded structure. From Wordnik.com. [Elements of Agricultural Chemistry] Reference
The new Sound will then belong, in predominance and as a mere variety, to one of these Seven (7) Primary. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
My background -- American, but mixed, with a predominance of Pakistani roots -- was initially a hindrance. From Wordnik.com. [Seema Jilani: Pakistanis & Afghans: Brothers in the Dysfunctional Family of Muslim Countries] Reference
From the foregoing division, the predominance of eligible orange pigments over those less trustworthy is manifest. From Wordnik.com. [Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists] Reference
It is the predominance of these emotional and artistic elements which makes literature a difficult subject to teach. From Wordnik.com. [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Literature] Reference
Between the years 1878 and 1888 must be placed the struggle between him and his rivals for predominance in Kimberley. From Wordnik.com. [Victorian Worthies Sixteen Biographies] Reference
It is the predominance of one or other which imparts a particular quality of soul to one or other region of the body. From Wordnik.com. [Man or Matter] Reference
In this case the abnormal predominance of the quality 'dry' can be counteracted by the medical application of sulphur. From Wordnik.com. [Man or Matter] Reference
Infantry gradually assumed importance, which has constantly increased, until it has now attained the vast predominance. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 2, August, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
The predominance of fish and their classification in greater detail than the other groups is not an unexpected feature. From Wordnik.com. [The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield] Reference
The pitch of the second stanza should be higher, and it will be easily attained because of the predominance of the thin vowels. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 10 The Guide] Reference
The peculiar disease called cretinism, as well as goitre, has been attributed to a predominance of certain chemicals in the soil. From Wordnik.com. [The Home Medical Library, Volume V (of VI)] Reference
The story of the earth has been divided into different periods, each marked by the predominance of certain kinds of living things. From Wordnik.com. [The Western United States A Geographical Reader] Reference
Socialism, since many people who would not hesitate to admit the predominance of the economic factor, instantly revolt at the idea of. From Wordnik.com. [Socialism: Positive and Negative] Reference
It may be stated in the following formula: "Secure the predominance of the cerebro-spinal system over the activity of the ganglionic.". From Wordnik.com. [The Education of American Girls] Reference
The fairy tale, the folk tale, and the fable, owe their popularity with young children to the predominance of the imaginative element. From Wordnik.com. [Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Literature] Reference
The characteristics of the soil depend upon its constituents, and upon the predominance of one or the other of its composing elements. From Wordnik.com. [The Home Medical Library, Volume V (of VI)] Reference
In mixture or glazing, however, these effects are reversed, by reason of the predominance of cold colour in the constitution of black. From Wordnik.com. [Field's Chromatography or Treatise on Colours and Pigments as Used by Artists] Reference
Humanity, where it is developed in its highest perfection; and in the same degree Gender in Grammar is, in predominance, confined to the. From Wordnik.com. [Continental Monthly , Vol. 5, No. 6, June, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
Small feet and ankles indicate modesty and reserve, while large feet and ankles indicate coarseness, physical power, authority, predominance. From Wordnik.com. [Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners A Complete Sexual Science and a Guide to Purity and Physical Manhood, Advice To Maiden, Wife, And Mother, Love, Courtship, And Marriage] Reference
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