Often sparingly scored, with subtle variations on omnipresent harmonies, the music can sound best when it overwhelms the words.
Residents of different countries buy different combinations of goods and services, or similar items with subtle variations in quality.
Like single-malt whisky and specialty bourbon, premium tequila, made from 100percentt blue agave, is handmade, with subtle variations, a rich history and a complex taste.
And they are often produced in large quantities, with subtle variations, by his staff, making Mr. Hirst, a British artist, hundreds of millions of dollars.
Absent of decoration, with subtle variations of color and fine glazes, Ru ware has beauty that, like that of jade, lies in its understated elegance.
LONG-AWAITED events came to pass this week; and when they did, as in a modernist play or a spooky dream, they happened twice, with subtle variations.
Hughes sets the mood with impeccable style, heightening the menace with subtle variations on the same scene: a man, a woman and a deserted street whose silence is suddenly broken by the hollow sound of footsteps in the fog.
Mr. Tykwer, 47, a German filmmaker, is probably best known for "Run Lola Run," a movie that doesn't tell multiple stories, exactly, but rather the same story, with subtle variations, over and over again.
She has filled it with subtle variations on book design convention to reflect both Makkum's rich history — the company dates to the 16th century — and its commitment to design experimentation.
And they did so with the same aesthetic uniformity as the auto industry in its early years, initially stamping out house after house on the same architectural plan, drawn up by brother Alfred Levitt, albeit with subtle variations of colour, window treatment and roofline.
