Sentence examples for use of period from inspiring English sources

It announced that architects would no longer respect the modernist taboo against the use of period styles.

Modern architects may have rejected the use of period styles, but they clung to the basic historicist creed.

Ms. Di Vincenzo said the use of period instruments "can help you understand the real nature of the music".

It also made extensive use of period pastiche, another enthusiasm of novelists toward the end of the 20th century.

Then that April, "The Loving Story," a civil-rights film that made extensive use of period materials, was released.

In a novel set in the late 1940s, it is one of many details of dating (the film was released in 1949), but it is also a clue as to Ellroy's particular use of period.

Admiring the game's pacing, GameSpy noted that the use of periods with character interaction rather than combat helped prevent the game becoming a "continuous onslaught" and allowed the story to flow smoothly, a point echoed by GameSpot.

Opportunities for comparable reductions in mechanical support were provided by using weaning protocols or guidelines in both treatment groups in seven trials with variable use of periods of spontaneous breathing (or trials of spontaneous breathing) among the included studies.

More to the point, they do so to the sound of Barry White — one of the wittier uses of period detail in "Dark Shadows," which too often lapses, with a shrug, into the obvious.

Although the majority of titles do not include much punctuation, some specific works are written with titles that are made to express the unique nature of the play, story, etc. Look for acronyms and other uses of periods.

There is also smart use of TV period drama, including Pride and Prejudice, to show how literature shaped the understanding of acceptable female behaviour.