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Simple sentences
He was conspicuous in his suit.
Among the participants, President Shimon Peres was conspicuous by his absence.
The scar on his forehead is conspicuous.
It's too conspicuous.
Movie subtitles
A little bit conspicuous, but I am a decent woman.
It's been conspicuous my absence since the famous case of the crystal studs.
Therefore for meritorious conduct, extraordinary valor conspicuous bravery against wicked witches I award you the Triple Cross.
At the Assembly Ball last week, the Bennet family was conspicuous by its absence.
Against so home-spun a backdrop, the magnificence of the Ambersons was as conspicuous as a brass band at a funeral. There it is!
At 20, he was decorated in Poland for conspicuous gallantry in action.
L Troop, 6th Calvary, for conspicuous gallantry at risk of life above and beyond the call of duty.
What is most conspicuous is your inventiveness.
They're so conspicuous, he'll have to get rid of them.
We won't look so conspicuous when we go back to the ship.
Don't you have anything less conspicuous?
Far too conspicuous.
It'll probably be less conspicuous with you.
But I think you are far less conspicuous. talking to a beautiful woman. than to a swarthy-looking man in a fez.
Against so home-spun a backdrop, the magnificence of the Ambersons was as conspicuous as a brass band at a funeral.
When our antagonists discover we've separated, it's more than likely you'll be followed, so I want you to make yourself as conspicuous as possible.
You notice, Watson, that our three friends are conspicuous by their absence?
You mustn't be seen here, you're too conspicuous.
We'll leave the horses here, we'll be less conspicuous.
Now, Mr. Stringer we have agreed that a non-rider in a place like this would be conspicuous.
We're very conspicuous. But what do you expect, my dear Tintin?
Uh, Lily, I feel terribly conspicuous dressed the way we are for such a shabby place.
Try not to look conspicuous.
We're going to be so conspicuous that nobody's going to notice us?
A medal. Therefore for meritorious conduct, extraordinary valor conspicuous bravery against wicked witches I award you the Triple Cross.
As the chela of a holy man, you will look less conspicuous.
To be less conspicuous, they travel in the costume of your countrymen.
The name Locksley is conspicuous by its absence.
Oh, I concede the conspicuous difference in our ages.
A couple of travelling tourists is less conspicuous than a man alone.
Now, I suggest we find a less conspicuous place to park.
You'd be too conspicuous.
No, no, you're too conspicuous to be a spy.
Then you'll be less conspicuous.
News and current affairs
They are trying to cook up ways to discipline financial firms, albeit without conspicuous success so far, as demonstrated by the large sums stashed away for employee compensation by Goldman Sachs after its most recent profitable quarter.
The emergence of violent Muslim vigilante groups employing jihadist rhetoric and mobilizing followers for jihad is one of the most conspicuous new phenomena in Indonesian Islam.
As long as consumption is conspicuous and competitive, there will continue to be fresh reasons to work.
Intelligent speeches, spirited debates and clever slogans were conspicuous by their absence in this election.
Their society was meant to be puritanical, frugal, non-permissive, with laws against conspicuous consumption and luxuries.
Perhaps less conspicuous, the EU's decision to adopt International Financial Reporting Standards in 2000-2002 triggered an extraordinary move toward the global harmonization of accounting rules.
From the ruins of another empire, Russia's, I would add: There is nothing more conspicuous than an absent monument.
Conspicuous consumption was eschewed.
High spending was a mark of success: what Americans demanded of their rich was conspicuous enterprise.
With the conspicuous exception of China and the less conspicuous exception of Australia, all have had low standard deviations of daily returns for the 100-business-day period ending August 3 when compared with the norm for the country.
LONDON - Home to one-sixth of the world's people, but contributing only one-fortieth of world GDP, Africa is the most conspicuous victim of the global recession.
That pressure should be turned in the opposite direction, and we should celebrate those, like Sikorski, with modest tastes and higher priorities than conspicuous consumption.
A conspicuous example already exists in the movie production industry.
Today, however, more than four years into a credit crisis, a conspicuous enigma calls this legacy into question.
As the world reacts to China's crackdown in Tibet, one country is conspicuous by both its centrality to the drama and its reticence over it.
The animal-welfare movement in China should not be satisfied with its small but conspicuous success regarding animal abuse in zoos.
In the opportunity culture of the United States, by contrast, conspicuous consumption was more tolerated.
For example, although China has done little to bolster the Greek government's balance sheet, its active approach to the crisis has been conspicuous.
Many observers saw this display of unanimity as a conspicuous contrast to the deep divisions in the world community that surrounded the war in Iraq.
Implicit threats of a unilateral Israeli attack, together with conspicuous meddling in the US presidential election campaign, have compounded Netanyahu's effort to twist Obama's arm.
Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's annual visits to the Yasukuni Shrine - which is widely viewed as a symbol of Japan's former militarism - is a conspicuous example of this.
If so, what was their purpose in letting him use so conspicuous a hiding place practically next door to a prominent military installation?
A conspicuous example is United Air Lines -- the world's largest airline -- in which more than 50,000 employees collectively acquired a controlling share in 1994.
Conspicuous consumption was eschewed. The rich were supposed to save much of their income, as saving was both a fund for investment and a moral virtue.