They are all dressed as if to demonstrate their sophistication, but the chairs sit on rough earth and the house behind them is made of wooden slats.
Who else could demonstrate that sophistication didn't have to be a sign of weakness — that it could be the polished, fun-loving style of those who were basically tough?
Too many political animals try to demonstrate their sophistication by letting real solutions languish, simply because advocating them might appear politically naive.
He later said that the actresses he had seen before her demonstrated a sophistication and worldliness inappropriate for the part, while she brought a kind of rural quality without coming across as simple or foolish.
In "The Speed of Light," Cercas demonstrates that sophistication and sentiment are not mutually exclusive, and that history demands emotional engagement.
The Modigliani musicians demonstrated their sophistication in a detailed and elegantly conceived rendition of Haydn's "Sunrise" String Quartet in B flat (Op. 76, No. 4), which began the concert.
(In November, the Chinese Society of Education issued a video quiz for primary-school students, which included the question "What number should you dial when you spot spying activities?") China's intelligence services have demonstrated greater sophistication in seeking to compromise foreign officials, sometimes by using hacked information.
The ongoing BioCreative workshops are demonstrating increasing sophistication in more straightforward tasks such as entity recognition (19), protein protein interaction (20) and basic document triage.
These pictures indicate Iran's capacity to absorb influences, and demonstrate a cosmopolitan sophistication.
In the case of spices, such as nutmeg, cloves and mace, this job was to enhance the taste of food and demonstrate wealth and sophistication.
