In each successive chapter the Barbarian's Scottish accent becomes less and less pronounced, another indication of how far Alex has gone from his Glaswegian roots.

The duality expressed in the change of narrative voices in the successive chapters is overcome by a first-person narration by somebody who is neither "The Architect" nor Hawksmoor.

In successive chapters, Propp analyzes the characters, plot events, and other elements of traditional folktales (primarily from Russia and Eastern Europe).

You're looking at successive chapters in 75 million years of history.

While the island might at first seem a Utopia, successive chapters reveal the arbitrary and cruel rules that govern the lives of the athletes.

As the sole author, Martin begins each new book with an outline of the chapter order and may write a few successive chapters from a single character's viewpoint instead of working chronologically.

But the strongest point of the book is how it puts ferns into their ecological context, with successive chapters guiding the reader through the main fern-rich habitats.

Steiner then surveys, in successive chapters, the way the adopted concept of taboo became a "Victorian problem".

The novel progresses through multiple perspectives in the successive chapters, each focusing on a different character.

The successive four chapters respectively deal with the beneficial effects on the body which ensue from the natural environment, therapeutic baths, food, and drink.