adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a curious/remarkable fact
▪ It is a remarkable fact that elephants do not use their trunks to suck up water until they are over four months old.
a remarkable resemblance (=unusual or surprising)
▪ Everyone notices the remarkable resemblance between Mathilda and Anne.
a remarkable story
▪ The film tells the remarkable story of their escape from a prison camp.
a remarkable/amazing/extraordinary coincidence
▪ What an extraordinary coincidence meeting you here!
a remarkable/amazing/miraculous recovery
▪ Doctors have every confidence that Laura will continue her remarkable recovery.
a remarkable/extraordinary achievement (=one that is unusual or surprising and deserves praise)
▪ In recognition of this remarkable achievement he was awarded the OBE.
a remarkable/striking/marked similarity (=one that is very noticeable)
▪ This ape's facial expressions show remarkable similarities to ours.
remarkable/considerable/incredible etc feat
▪ They climbed the mountain in 28 days, a remarkable feat.
remarkable/outstanding/exceptional ability
▪ a writer of remarkable ability
▪ The company aims to select people of outstanding ability.
▪ his exceptional ability as a swimmer
truly remarkable
▪ Fawcett was a truly remarkable man.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
as
▪ I don't find it quite as remarkable a performance as that of No. 10, but is very good.
▪ She was as remarkable as he.
▪ It is as remarkable as a woman.
▪ What is just as remarkable is the timing of the fourth-quarter performance.
▪ The extract chosen next is just as remarkable for its acknowledgement of the mysterious nature of mental processes.
▪ Either way, the transformation of the area where Broadway and Seventh Avenue converge is as remarkable as it is undeniable.
▪ But the nature of space, time, and gravity really is as remarkable as you have now learned.
more
▪ Last week's Ha'aretz newspaper contained an extraordinary essay, all the more remarkable for being published in the current climate.
▪ In fact the improvement statistics in our jet engine shops were even more remarkable.
▪ This was all the more remarkable, Pruett notes, because most men are reared to be ineffective nurturers.
▪ Analysts say this trend is even more remarkable because public universities run open admission policies and do not charge tuition.
▪ The consequences of the emancipation were to be even more remarkable than the political process from which the statutes emerged.
▪ The score was even more remarkable because we played well below our best.
▪ What was more remarkable was that he was not walking but standing still.
most
▪ One of the most remarkable observations concerning the mutant strain was the fact that it appeared very little affected by this mutation.
▪ You are a most remarkable man.
▪ The most remarkable extension of central control has been in the field of local government.
▪ The most remarkable archaeological application so far, however, has been in Mesoamerica.
▪ If this is so, then it is the most remarkable of all the cases we have considered.
▪ Stemmle's return was the most remarkable.
▪ Deciding which achievement was the most remarkable is all a matter of taste.
▪ He produced one of the most remarkable designs of his day.
quite
▪ It's quite remarkable when you come to think about it.
▪ The theories that are now available to us have an accuracy which is quite remarkable.
▪ The bath water was brownish, but wonderfully soothing to her quite remarkable display of bruises.
▪ It is quite remarkable that algorithmic compressions are possible, and they illuminate our understanding of the universe enormously.
▪ It was mightily impressive bowling by any standards, and with his left hand in plaster it was quite remarkable.
▪ The consistency in the way average age of participation has changed over time is quite remarkable.
▪ However, everything else about this unit is quite remarkable.
▪ The chemical transformations that can then occur are quite remarkable, making zeolites some of the most unusual catalysts known.
so
▪ What made her story so remarkable is what happened next.
▪ I had never seen anything so remarkable.
▪ In the broken-wing performance, the realism is so remarkable that even human observers can be fooled when they first encounter it.
▪ Of course I never really understood what it was that Dad found so remarkable in those snippets.
▪ Few women have anything so remarkable in their armoury.
▪ The transformation that had come over his life was so remarkable that people became Christians by his example.
▪ Paul evidently knew nothing of so remarkable an event, for he never mentions it.
▪ Well, what's so remarkable in that?
truly
▪ She was in truly remarkable condition.
▪ The clearly defined black spots and red bands of courage that set the rainbow apart from other trout are truly remarkable.
▪ The next few years were to establish Rodrigo as one of the truly remarkable soldiers of his time.
▪ A talented young man. Truly remarkable, but... but... the style.
▪ Its contents are priceless and its memories are of truly remarkable people.
▪ The ignorance about mortgage bonds at the top of the firm was truly remarkable.
▪ A truly remarkable achievement and one that demonstrates the enthusiasm with which Johnson Matthey has responded to the challenge.
▪ A truly remarkable family connection of over 70 years.
very
▪ It was for this very remarkable invention that he was employed.
▪ Mathematical insight Notice that something very remarkable has happened here.
▪ That is a very remarkable achievement.
▪ There is nothing very remarkable about this method of argument, but it forms the basis of modern scientific procedure.
▪ The first is not very remarkable.
▪ There was nothing very remarkable about him in this respect.
▪ But overall Dutton's achievement is very remarkable.
■ NOUN
achievement
▪ The stabilization of the currency overnight was a remarkable achievement.
▪ Dug by hand, the miles upon miles of tunnels were a remarkable achievement of both cleverness and will.
▪ An almost remarkable achievement, even though you feel as though you've been in their bedroom before in a different life.
▪ That remarkable achievement seems more bizarre with every passing day.
▪ For such a remarkable achievement the close co-operation of many generations of patient observers must have been necessary.
▪ It is a remarkable achievement for Trevino, in his first season on the Seniors' circuit.
▪ A truly remarkable achievement and one that demonstrates the enthusiasm with which Johnson Matthey has responded to the challenge.
▪ Make no mistake, this series is a remarkable achievement.
change
▪ Even within a short distance we can see remarkable changes of thickness.
▪ We need to recognize the remarkable change that the interactive telecommunications age is producing in our political system.
▪ A remarkable change had taken place in Giovanna.
▪ As soon as she winds her black belt around her waist, however, her personality undergoes a remarkable change.
▪ The trouble with this remarkable change of character is that Swayze simply lacks conviction.
▪ This is a remarkable change in Government practice.
▪ In the week that he'd been at the helm of the Anpetuwi ship there had been a remarkable change in atmosphere.
▪ Since it first started 51 years ago, opencast mining, too, has seen remarkable changes.
degree
▪ In short she obtained a remarkable degree of autonomy.
▪ When assessing elders affirmatively, the practitioner may well detect in some very old people a remarkable degree of authenticity.
▪ Historical disputes still interest the public to a remarkable degree.
▪ It was apparent that the lack of visibility had altered Jotan's intentions to a quite remarkable degree.
▪ Quite a remarkable degree of coverage, remarkable.
▪ Having enjoyed a remarkable degree of freedom for several years it was now hard to relinquish areas of control.
▪ Seething with tourists all year round, it still manages to retain a remarkable degree of charm.
▪ For children of our age we were allowed a remarkable degree of freedom; only the town was out of bounds.
fact
▪ Now here is the really remarkable fact.
▪ Now, I will tell you a remarkable fact.
▪ These are remarkable facts that we need to tackle in the future.
feat
▪ Just such a remarkable feat happened two years running in 1928 and 1929, with Tipperary Tim and Gregalach respectively.
▪ How do babies accomplish such a remarkable feat?
▪ The mounting and supply of the expedition was a remarkable feat.
▪ But it is a remarkable feat of alchemy indeed.
▪ This remarkable feat of arms is largely unrecognised.
▪ I was capable of holding watch for most of a day without the slightest trembling or consciousness of my remarkable feat.
▪ I had achieved the remarkable feat of uniting the two factions at the party in mockery of me.
feature
▪ No; the most remarkable features of the two descriptions of religion are not their similarities but their differences.
▪ The remarkable feature of Kallibunker's fur was that it completely lacked the usual long guard hairs found on all other cats.
▪ The most remarkable feature of Coningsby village is the single handed clock on St Michael's church tower.
▪ A remarkable feature of the mountain is the tremendous gash on its eastern face, looking as though cut by a giant knife.
▪ His one remarkable feature was his height, six feet and five inches.
▪ The single remarkable feature is that Mrs Conran includes everything.
▪ One of the remarkable features of Gaul was the sometimes huge religious sites which developed often in out-of-the-way places.
▪ A remarkable feature of this decision of the House of Lords was that it was based on almost no judicial authority at all.
man
▪ If this was the case, the man must have been a remarkable athlete, as well as a remarkable man!
▪ Wagner, who died Dec. 29 at the age of 92, was a most remarkable man.
▪ He really must be a remarkable man!
▪ He was once more the handsome, remarkable man I had first seen, the one who had saved me.
▪ Stephen O'Brien is a remarkable man, liked and respected by everyone he comes into contact with.
▪ You are a most remarkable man.
▪ Their leader was Chief Joseph, a truly remarkable man.
▪ George Wigg was a remarkable man but very difficult to keep in check.
recovery
▪ Now Daniel, 10, appears to have made a remarkable recovery with just chemotherapy treatment and cancer tablets.
▪ Sir Richard is now chairman, having overseen the group's remarkable recovery.
▪ However, the incredible Liverpool pensioner has amazed hospital staff and family alike with her remarkable recovery.
▪ It has staged a remarkable recovery from the apparently moribund state of the late fifties and early sixties.
▪ As if by retribution, the sick electrician made a remarkable recovery and the pumps resumed their efficient, reliable operation.
▪ But he is making a remarkable recovery.
similarity
▪ However, there is on other occasions a remarkable similarity of techniques, of clothes and of weapons.
▪ The ratios generated by the capture-recapture method display a remarkable similarity and identical ranking to those obtained by the first two methods.
▪ There are remarkable similarities between the strengths model of case management, and early casework models.
success
▪ Our recent leaflet on women's health, which has been a remarkable success, also provides information.
▪ Guterson, 39, seems sanguine about his remarkable success.
▪ In achieving this remarkable success, Roddick has always been scornful of traditional business credos.
▪ And in the third year of his presidency, he actually achieved some remarkable successes in that area.
▪ Here the quantum chemical theory of bonding has had some remarkable successes.
thing
▪ The remarkable thing about this cinematic treat was the close comparison it bore to the scene at Stonethwaite campsite a few days previously.
▪ This conversation reminded me of the most remarkable thing about Tucson.
▪ According to the newspaper, in that short time they have already done remarkable things.
▪ And the remarkable thing about it is that there is no schools or anything to learn you to rob.
▪ But first, a little scene-setting: One year ago, a remarkable thing was occurring.
▪ When public managers do exercise such options, remarkable things begin to happen.
▪ Even a brain tiny in comparison to that of Mozart can achieve remarkable things.
▪ What a remarkable thing to say.
woman
▪ His second wife, Bilhah Solomon Jacobson, known as Belle, was a remarkable woman.
▪ There is no question that Margo Chisholm is a remarkable woman.
▪ Though Mrs Hobbs is a remarkable woman in many ways, she has no head for figures.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ a remarkable statesman and diplomat
▪ Clark did a remarkable job setting things up for the meeting.
▪ Henry Tippett showed remarkable flair as a hotelier.
▪ Josephine was a truly remarkable woman.
▪ The record features some remarkable guitar and piano solos.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ A remarkable and well deserved achievement.
▪ A team was dispatched immediately to Baldersdale and discovered a remarkable scene.
▪ But many men succeed in a remarkable way in keeping their feelings alive in the most unlikely settings.
▪ In short she obtained a remarkable degree of autonomy.
▪ Of all the peculiar effects of musical tragedy, the most remarkable is the coexistence of opposite impressions.
▪ The key to this remarkable turnaround in what has been one of the most restrictive industries is, of course, PostScript.
▪ There is remarkable consensus on the issue of tax fairness.
▪ What a remarkable thing to say.