1.   A defining element of that environment is a deliberately spartan lifestyle.

2.   He and contemporaries like Wayne McAllister adapted by building hotels with towers that replaced neon signs as the defining elements.

3.   Objects and their placement are the defining elements of any Conran interior.

4.   Pieces spread out like water entering a delta, and change, not stasis, is the defining element.

5.   Reverence, in fact, has been the defining element of this project during its long journey to the stage.

6.   San Francisco, by contrast, has a one-dimensional personality whose defining element is a cloying, self-satisfied smugness.

7.   Sport was not the defining element of his life, as it seems to be.

8.   That alone will be the defining element of this Series, whatever happens next.

9.   The appeal of the new plans extends beyond their easy access to newcomers, although that is their defining element.

10.   The suit has by no means breathed its last, but as a defining element it has become the incredible shrinking suit.