`` Neutral Tones '' we immediately recognize as a fine poem in Hardy's most characteristic style: the plain but not quite colloquial language, the hard, particular, colorless images, the slightly odd stanza-form, the dramatic handling of the occasion, the refusal to resolve the issue -- all these we have seen in Hardy's best poems.

Pliny's remark that Myron's works were numerosior than those of Polycleitus and " more diligent " seem to suggest that they were considered more harmonious in proportions ( numeri ) and at the same time more convincing in their realism: diligentia connoted " attentive care to fine points ", a quality that, in moderation, was characteristic of the best works of art, according to critics in Antiquity.

A related characteristic is the Coke strength after reaction ( CSR ) index ; it represents coke's ability to withstand the violent conditions inside the blast furnace before turning into fine particles.

The section dealing with his job as a teenage clerk in a Bradford wool-sorter's office manages to weave fine literature from an outwardly unpromising subject – a characteristic of many of his novels.

The Selah Griswold House and Clark Nott House on Bokum Road are fine examples of two-story center chimney homes that were characteristic of the time.

His tall figure, fine presence and aristocratic mien were for many years associated with all that was characteristic of Oxford life.

Étale cohomology works fine for coefficients Z / nZ for n coprime to the characteristic, but gives unsatisfactory results for non-torsion coefficients.

In the midst of this belt there are lenticular bands of older strata of Arenig, Llandeilo, Caradoc and Llandovery age composed of fine sediments such as cherts, black and grey shales, white clays and flags, which come to the surface along anticlinal folds and yield abundant graptolites characteristic of these divisions.

Below the point of impact on the core is a characteristic bulb with fine fissures on the fracture surface.

This characteristic derives from large numbers of fine white hairs on the leaves.

The Scandinavians who arrived in Mann in the eighth and ninth centuries AD sometimes re-used these Iron Age promontory forts, often obliterating the old domestic quarters with their characteristic rectangular houses ; the fine example at Cronk ny Merriu has been used as the basis of the reconstruction in the House of Manannan museum in Peel.

That is because each simplex of S should be covered by exactly N in S ′ — at least if we use a fine enough triangulation of S, as we are entitled to do since the Euler characteristic is a topological invariant.

His spirit of self-sacrifice and loyalty, characteristic of a fine seaman, was in keeping with the highest traditions of the U. S. Naval Service.

Housing stock includes many fine one and two storey terraces, many dating to the late Victorian period and including characteristic ironwork, verandahs, and stone embellishments.

Lesions affecting the primary somatosensory cortex produce characteristic symptoms including: agraphesthesia, astereognosia, loss of vibration, proprioception, and fine touch ( because the third-order neuron of the medial-lemniscal pathway cannot synapse in the cortex ).

The striking black slip with a metallic sheen, so characteristic of Greek pottery was a fine suspension ( colloidal fraction ) of an illitic clay with very low calcium oxide content which was rich in iron oxides and hydroxides, differentiating from that used for the body of the vase in terms of the calcium content, the exact mineral composition and the particle size.

In the image a china woman can be seen dancing with her characteristic fine attire, to the sound of a harp.

Prior to annealing, nearly all irradiated diamonds possess a characteristic absorption spectrum consisting of a fine line in the far red, at 741 nm — this is known as the GR1 line and is usually considered a strong indication of treatment.

Particularly characteristic of the Lapita culture is the making of pottery, including a great many vessels of varied shapes, some distinguished by fine patterns and motifs pressed into the clay.

In most diamonds ( even colorless ones ) a characteristic absorption spectrum can be seen ( via a direct-vision spectroscope ), consisting of a fine line at 415 nm.

Ultra fine grinding may be used when liberation of gold particles from the surrounding mineral matrix is the primary refractory characteristic of the ore.

Bioerosion of coral reefs generates the fine and white coral sand characteristic of tropical islands.

Twelve plaques on a band round the body of the vase, plaques on each handle and round the foot of the vase have a series of different designs of characteristic patterns, in fine filigree wire work wrought on the front of the repoussé ground.

A fine sense of timbre and idiomatic writing is characteristic, as is a sense of humour ; the fugal section of the Fantasy on Motives of Burt Bacharach, for example, juxtaposes melodic ideas from Bacharach ’ s " Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head " and Niccolò Paganini ’ s Caprice No. 24 ; the introduction musically spells out Bacharach ’ s name.

A fine example of engineering in a primitive society.

There is a fine second act, as an example, one in which Samuel Groom, as Dillon, has an opportunity to blaze away in one impassioned passage after another.

A fine example is the statue of the Sacred gate Kouros which was found at the cemetery of Dipylon in Athens ( Dipylon Kouros ).

One particularly fine example was included as part of the Thetford treasure from fourth century Norfolk, UK.

For example, the first assumption has been tested by observations showing that largest possible deviation of the fine structure constant over much of the age of the universe is of order 10 < sup >− 5 </ sup >.

To consider but one example, the First Amendment to the United States Constitution states " Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof "— but interpretation ( that is, determining the fine boundaries, and resolving the tension between the " establishment " and " free exercise " clauses ) of each of the important terms was delegated by Article III of the Constitution to the judicial branch, so that the current legal boundaries of the Constitutional text can only be determined by consulting the common law.

) In reliance on this assumption, modern statutes often leave a number of terms and fine distinctions unstated — for example, a statute might be very brief, leaving the precise definition of terms unstated, under the assumption that these fine distinctions will be inherited from pre-existing common law.

In contrast, in non-common-law countries, and jurisdictions with very weak respect for precedent ( example, the U. S. Patent Office ), fine questions of law are redetermined anew each time they arise, making consistency and prediction more difficult, and procedures far more protracted than necessary because parties cannot rely on written statements of law as reliable guides.

Even within a type of fiber, there can be great variety in the length and thickness of the fibers ; for example, Merino wool and Egyptian cotton are favored because they produce exceptionally long, thin ( fine ) fibers for their type.

The familiar folktale, " Hansel and Gretel ", is an example of this fine line.

Cooking or canning denatures and inactivates the proteases, so canned pineapple, for example, works fine in a gelatin dessert.

Such works continued and after several millennia, in the 7th century, carved pillars of Ajanta, Maharashtra state present a fine example of Indian paintings, and the colors, mostly various shades of red and orange, were derived from minerals.

The Nostell example, in the billiards room of this fine stately home, has a Victorian outer case, which has been thoughtfully provided with small glass windows on each side of the movement so that the wooden workings may be inspected.

The large and many holes in lacy knitting makes it extremely elastic ; for example, some Shetland " wedding-ring " shawls are so fine that they may be drawn through a wedding ring.

Even within a type of fiber, there can be great variety in the length and thickness of the fibers ; for example, Merino wool and Egyptian cotton are favored because they produce exceptionally long, thin ( fine ) fibers for their type.

# Socrates secures his interlocutor's agreement to further premises, for example " Courage is a fine thing " and " Ignorant endurance is not a fine thing ".

For example Erzulie Freda will be given a mirror and a comb, fine cloth or jewelry ; Legba will be given his cane, straw hat and pipe ; Baron Samedi will be given his top hat, sunglasses and a cigar.

For example, a picture may have more detail than the eye can distinguish when reproduced at the largest size intended ; likewise, an audio file does not need a lot of fine detail during a very loud passage.

This process may be carried out by wide-field irradiation of the sample ( for example standard light microscopy and transmission electron microscopy ) or by scanning of a fine beam over the sample ( for example confocal laser scanning microscopy and scanning electron microscopy ).

Multimedia is distinguished from mixed media in fine art ; by including audio, for example, it has a broader scope.

For example, the federal and state governments in the United States divide misdemeanors into several classes, with certain classes punishable by jail time and others carrying only a fine.

For example, a few percent change in the value of the fine structure constant would be enough to eliminate stars like our Sun.