The phrase "austere settings" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe environments that are simple, unadorned, or lacking in comfort or luxury.
Example: "The retreat was held in austere settings, allowing participants to focus on their inner thoughts without distractions."
Alternatives: "spartan environments" or "bare surroundings".
The second part is devoted to Seven Last Words, austere settings of texts compiled from the four gospels by James MacMillan.
With his penchant for austere settings, spare environmental scores and, always, dancers crouching and sliding across the stage in socks — when will this tedious trend die?
Diane Wei Liang has enjoyed success in this field, but the most prolific contributor is Shanghai-born Qiu Xiaolong, who now lives in St Louis, Missouri.Mr Qiu's Inspector Chen series takes place in modern, urban China, a gritty world that is far removed from the flowing robes and austere settings of Imperial China, until recently a more popular choice for Chinese fiction.
As informatics constantly improves, mentored remote examinations may further empower clinical care providers in austere settings.
Ultrasound use has been increasing at a rapid rate in the developing world due to improved portability, durability of machines, and the recognition of the diverse diagnostic capabilities that ultrasound can offer in austere settings [5].
Our feasibility study demonstrates the enthusiastic embrace of a portable ultrasound unit by the health care staff of a large refugee camp in the tropics and suggests that health care providers in austere settings can use portable ultrasound to facilitate the care of their patients.
Freed from the austere jazz settings she favors, Ms. Krall's sharply accented, blues-embellished piano relaxed into a minimalist pop mode, and her voice took on a startling dramatic intensity.
Previous literature has identified a failure to consider local constraints and conditions as an impediment to the design and implementation of devices for austere medical settings.
Additionally, if laboratory samples cannot be transported to centralized reference laboratories (as may be the case due to human use or regulatory considerations), laboratory approaches that are implementable in both austere and well-developed settings may be more desirable than technologically complex methods if the former approach enables data comparisons between locales.
At one extreme, Cats, like many local libraries in this austere era, is book-less: Andrew Lloyd Webber's settings of TS Eliot's poems are through-composed, with no spoken dialogue.
The Glare features the dramatic torch singing McAlmont taking various instrumental pieces mind-bending, vigilant Anglo-minimalist composer Nyman has written for various settings over the years and turning them into austere, voluptuous songs based on recent international and domestic news stories.
