He objected to the nature of the examination, which tested stylistic elegance rather than economic or administrative ability.
There he began a literary career writing ethical and devotional tracts, some of which employed stylistic and rhetorical models drawn from French popular literature, especially romance writings.
The evolution of these characteristics can be observed in a number of pottery sculptures at Ife, which, on stylistic grounds, are considered to be relatively late.
Ms. Cheng and the Calder players united in a dazzling account of Mr. Adès's Piano Quintet, in which seeming stylistic nods to Brahms, Schubert, Stravinsky and more are transmogrified into a blazing tour de force of impish affection.
Layering 17th-century music by Biber with hip-hop — Chingy and Afrika Bambaataa — she creates a fussy mash-up in which the stylistic differences are never treated with much depth in either the staging or the movement.
Years of investigative frustration had passed when David Kaczynski contacted the authorities after reading the Unabomber's published manifesto, which had stylistic and other features that made him suspect his brother Theodore.
Third, in some longer essays, paragraphs that run parallel to a shorter essay alternate with other paragraphs in which distinctive stylistic and linguistic features are clustered (Fraser forthcoming [b]).
Anderson's films are known for their bold visual style which includes stylistic trademarks such as constantly moving camera, steadicam-based long takes, memorable use of music, and multilayered audiovisual imagery.
The term "dubstep" in reference to a genre of music began to be used by around 2002 by labels such as Big Apple, Ammunition, and Tempa, by which time stylistic trends used in creating these remixes started to become more noticeable and distinct from 2-step and grime.
