Sentence examples for common device from inspiring English sources

A common device of Toulouse-Lautrec was to compose the figures so that their legs were not visible.

Another common device is to "borrow" sales from future periods, as the appliance maker Sunbeam did in late 1997 and early 1998.

The deliberate ambiguity employed to collect as many signatures as possible in Busan, a common device in international affairs, has led to confusion regarding mandate.

Role-playing is a common device in self-portraiture, and it is used by several artists to establish desired or alternative identities.

Gartner reckons that by next year, smartphones will overtake PCs as the most common device for accessing the web, at about 1.82bn v 1.78bn.

Measure the stress level in his voice on the telephone with a common device you can buy in any surveillance-equipment store.

Its dramatic lighting, a common device in Bitti's work, suggests that aspects of the Sevillian painting he had seen during his sojourn in Spain influenced his work.

For one, take-or-pay contracts are a common device in electric utility bond issues and in some cases have been upheld by state courts.

He said that the most common device-related complication that led to additional operations was contracture, the formation of painful scar tissue that forms over an implant.

According to a report from Bloomberg Businessweek, e-commerce behemoth Amazon is preparing to launch a set-top box this fall, in hopes that you'll consume all of your content through its spin on the now-common device.

The common device associated pathogens show geographic variation in distribution.