Sentence examples similar to material austerity from inspiring English sources
It seems unlikely that PAS's aim of eventually governing Malaysia could be realised; the Malaysians are too fond of their material comforts to embrace Islamic austerity.
The austerity, shortage of materials and need for rapid building, discouraged the development of innovative design.
Post-war austerity measures reduced the quality of the materials used compared with the 1930s stations and the building at Wanstead was adapted from a temporary structure constructed during the line's wartime use as an underground factory.
But there's no gainsaying the quality, not only of Christie's sarky, self-mocking and fantastically belligerent feminist material but also her bracing new departures into race, the austerity era and much else besides.
"It reflects austerity and speaks to great elegance without requiring lavish materials.
Those moments of grace are the fruit of Bresson's famous austerity, of his rigorously cultivated attentiveness to the humblest materials of the world.
Although sometimes classified as a minimalist because of the austerity of his spaces, Zumthor does not have a single style or material of choice.
Its expensive materials - hand-cast bronze beams, travertine stone, darkened glass - make clear that this austerity is a matter of aesthetic choice rather than economic necessity.
So, as austerity continues to rein in British spending power, the demand for bright colours and luxuriant, generously cut material is on the increase.
It claims that Ms Sturgeon said she did not believe Labour leader Ed Miliband was "PM material", which would contradict her vision of working informally with Labour as a progressive alliance to bring an end to austerity.
