Sentence examples for major instruments from inspiring English sources

This is a war now and one of the major instruments in any war is propaganda".

The constitution recognizes political parties as "the major instruments of political participation".

Major instruments are the cobza (a stringed instrument resembling a lute), the tambal (a hammered dulcimer), and the flaut (flute), which is the most common folk instrument.

The committee of outside experts urged the space agency to commit itself to replacing two major instruments on the telescope, as well as upgrading its batteries and gyroscopes to extend its life.

Modern compositions attempt to do the same, but before those can be treated, attention must be given to the traditions connected with the other major instruments of the Tokugawa period.

The three major instruments present in most styles are daluo (large gong without a boss, beaten with a padded mallet), bo (cymbals), and gu (skin-headed drum, beaten with two sticks).

Writing was a major instrument in the centralization of the Egyptian state and its self-presentation.

In combination with other city-planning techniques, zoning is a major instrument for gaining greater physical order in cities.

ALLAN KOZINN BARGEMUSIC As a composer dedicated to music education, Paul Hindemith made a project of writing sonatas for virtually every major instrument -- bassoon, tuba, you name it.

Mr. Djindjic's camp holds clear sway only in economic reform, which the prime minister thus paints as the major instrument of change.

A major instrument, the imaging spectrograph responsible for about one-third of the Hubble's primary science results, died because a power converter gave out.