peculiarities

Although cigarettes as currency exhibited certain peculiarities, they performed all the functions of a metallic currency as a unit of account, as a measure of value and as a store of value, and shared most of its characteristics.

Economics of a POW Camp « Isegoria 2008

Although cigarettes as currency exhibited certain peculiarities, they performed all the functions of a metallic currency as a unit of account, as a measure of value and as a store of value, and shared most of its characteristics.

The Economics of P.O.W. Camps | clusterflock 2008

One of its peculiarities is the fact that one can hear the sound of a clock ticking inside its walls.

Archive 2007-09-01 2007

One of its peculiarities is the fact that one can hear the sound of a clock ticking inside its walls.

The House with a Clock in its Walls by John Bellairs 2007

For example, Sarah Polley's Away From Her [site], the young actress-turned-director's account of a man dealing with certain peculiarities of his wife's Alzheimer's, marks the latest film in a new trend.

GreenCine Daily: PIFF Dispatch. 3. 2007

And it has certain peculiarities ... like you can't stand up and pump.

Albloggerque johnny_mango 2005

On the hand, this situations entails certain peculiarities that actually correspond to problems with the RIAA/mp3 controversies.

AKMA’s Random Thoughts 2005

Among names of Anglo-Saxon origin and names naturalized long before the earliest colonization, one notes certain American peculiarities, setting off the nomenclature of the United States from that of the mother country.

Chapter 10. Proper Names in America. 1. Surnames Henry Louis 1921

Leading off from this corridor, pleasant in its coolness, interesting in its peculiarities, is the dining-hall, matching the other parts of the hotel with its picturesque stateliness.

Nellie Bly's Book: Around the World in Seventy-Two Days 1890

Certainly, seeing all sorts of people with all sorts of peculiarities is often a great help toward trying to get rid of one's own objectionable ones.

Six to Sixteen: A Story for Girls 1872