Cut plant materials, especially flowers, need special care and treatment before they are placed in vases.
Scott was struggling to secure licences for materials (especially cement) for a new senior school in Northallerton, Yorkshire.
Added to such fickleness, plutonium is highly reactive with other metals and materials, especially oxygen and hydrogen.
Sometimes, she said, mordants are unnecessary because natural dye materials, especially tree barks, contain tannins that fix color.
Canada's economic development historically depended on the export of large volumes of raw materials, especially fish, fur, grain, and timber.
Competent designers are very much aware of the innate qualities and textures of all materials, especially natural ones.
Given the difficulty of finding vintage materials, especially in good condition, readers are remarkably generous about sharing resources.
But periodically Ms. Benglis moves toward the middle, toward more generic abstraction and more conventional materials, especially bronze.
What is surprising is the contemporary feeling of some of these materials, especially in their typography; the painterly look of others; and the overall quality of draftsmanship.
IMC Global, a major fertilizer maker, said yesterday that the high cost of raw materials, especially ammonia and natural gas, had eroded its fourth-quarter profits.
The unit, the world's largest, has suffered from an economic slump that has crimped demand for its training materials, especially in Latin America, the company said.
