| His retentive memory for dates was going to prove a great asset in his later career. |
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| He had an exceptionally retentive visual memory, and his biographer attested to frequent instances of recollections decades old. |
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| Soils tend to be high in acid with a predominance of clay, low in pH, but well drained and moisture retentive. |
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| You have much comprehension in your dealings with people, and an amazingly retentive memory. |
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| She's very retentive of any facts about the culture, especially about the language. |
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| Orwell's strong retentive memory for poetry is also suggested in a 1942 review of the first three of Eliot's Four Quartets. |
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| Anything material can be destroyed, but thought is retentive and has accumulated throughout Time. |
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| For Barthes, film animates the photograph, which for him is distensive and retentive, and draws the photograph forth into protensiveness. |
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| These mixes are light and water retentive, perfect for little seedlings on the go. |
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| He was an omnivorous, fast, and extraordinarily retentive reader. |
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| Giacometti had an exceptionally powerful and retentive visual memory, and his biographer attested to frequent instances of recollections decades old. |
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| His memory was very retentive, his love of reading great, his opportunities of gratifying that love small. |
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| The blind often develop qualities of the mind beyond anything known to those who have sight: a visual imagination and a retentive memory. |
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| A retentive data memory ensures that process data are retained in the event of a power failure. |
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| To achieve the necessary static friction, a retentive preparation with a preparation angle of approximately 4-6° is required. |
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| Never wipe the front window with static retentive cloths such as wool or polyester which may induce a static charge. |
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| These variables can be characterised by data type, description, retentive data, recipe, etc. |
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| In order to achieve sufficient bonding strength values, retentive preparation is recommended. |
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| The resulting retentive pattern enables an enhanced bond both with adhesives and selfadhesives as well as conventional bonding agents. |
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| In this case, use the SPI® System retentive or repositionable impression coping to take an implant-level impression. |
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| Naturally, if the child is displaying retentive behaviour she will become constipated. |
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| Liquidambars prefer a moisture retentive but well-drained soil that is neutral or slightly acidic and full sun to get the best autumn colour. |
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| She quickly mastered the details and intricacies of antiquarian bookselling by utilizing her love of books, her meticulous research skills, retentive memory, natural business acumen and understanding of human nature. |
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| Maybe Muslims are unusually retentive of their original culture. |
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| Do not damage the retentive metal ledge of the housing. |
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| As you are attempting to 'potty train' your child, withholding stool or retentive behaviour is not uncommon. Nor is it uncommon for a child to be trained for urine and not stool. |
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| The orders proved even more retentive of archaic fashions than the hierarchy, and, in contrast to the deliberate splendour of ecclesiastical vestments, monastic dress was expressive of a renunciation of luxury. |
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| He made up for this deficiency by the careful study of documents, by an extraordinarily retentive memory, and by being a shrewd judge of character. |
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| There are 8 or 10 beds in each room, chiefly of flocks, and consequently retentive of all scents and very productive of vermin. |
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| Materials which are porous and moisture retentive, such as brick, wood, and certain coarse concrete mixtures are hospitable to moss. |
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| Nor airless dungeon, nor strong links of iron, Can be retentive to the strength of spirit. |
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| Jesus was not followed by stenographists, though we must not forget that Eastern memories are wonderfully retentive. |
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| Single coat systems, high solid epoxies, edge retentive tank coatings, camouflage and nonskid coatings are initiatives to combat corrosion and extend fleet service life. |
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| The more obscure and rinky-dink the country, the more anally retentive the officialdom, and Kiribati was about as obscure and rinky-dink as it got. |
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