And not just was it worth my time, but was it worth the actors, the theatre company, the artistic director, the builders of the set, the audience's not insubstantial out of pocket contributions – was it worth all of that?
Yet far from being the admired figure that his work of the 1950s seemed to promise he would be, he was regarded in the art world, to the extent he was noticed at all, as a has-been, a self-repeater working in an insubstantial, out-of-date mode.
To reduce the impact of insubstantial changes of rare expressed transcripts, the FPKM of any transcript in the second tissue was increased by 1 (see equation below).
Across multiple screens reflecting layers of half-buried memories, Vascellari makes skilful use of the shifting and insubstantial nature of projections, seducing us into his will-o'-the-wisp otherworld.
The shadow theatre is a medium of great delicacy, and the insubstantial character of shadow puppets exemplifies all the truest features of puppetry as an art form.
In a bit of natural alchemy called photosynthesis, for example, trees turn one of the seemingly most insubstantial things of all — sunlight — into food for insects, wildlife and people, and use it to create shade, beauty and wood for fuel, furniture and homes.
Cultural heritage is the gift of corporeal artifacts and insubstantial attributes of a group or society that are inherited from previous generations, sustained in the present and bestowed for the benefit of future generations.
The petition states: "In order to provide a clear definition of what constitutes an insubstantial amount of campaign activity, the IRS regulations should include a bright-line standard that specifies a cap on the amount that a section 501(c)(4) organization can spend on campaign activities".
At the same time, some observers suggest that Gouzer's sales are flimsy marketing exercises, bestowing an insubstantial veneer of coherence on a gathering of works that might just as easily appear in Christie's traditional evening sales.
The Left Bank, Rhys's debut collection, which Ford Madox Ford helped bring to publication, comprises a series of modernist fragments in which hard-up bohemians get mournfully smashed in Paris: "But there she was stony-broke and with a hand that was rapidly losing its cunning, seeking oblivion in a cheap Montparnasse café." Much of it resembles the most insubstantial parts of Maupassant.
