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One recurrent motif I noted in the book of 1980 was the group of eight quavers or semiquavers beginning off the beat, a simple signature.
Steamers are also found as a decorative motif on embroidered silk textiles.
Bridges spanning the Chicago River provided a compelling motif for several painters in the exhibition.
The background motif and vestimentary tunics are largely borrowed from Ottoman art.
The concurrence of such events with Richard II's celebrative motif of English travel-heroics may be less than coincidental.
Open area between the two segments of whitework may be used for initials or another motif, if desired.
But Rieu's tweed suits are asymmetrical and in contrasting bright colours, and her leisure outfits are decorated with a spiky geometrical motif.
The keyhole that frames it suggests the lock-and-key motif of Victorian jewelry that also became a symbol of love and commitment among the Akan.
Starting in the 1860s the serrated diamond motif of Mexican-made serapes began to appear on Navajo blankets.
Some motifs traditionally are associated with a single tribe, such as the leaf, which was used as a central motif by Kiowa women.
Jackson's woodcut of the Pieta theme hangs in my loft as a reminder of a classical motif, the Pieta of the Virgin Mary and Jesus.
The Dance Club, the larger of the two, will feature an Art-deco motif, a theater-style entrance marquee.
The RNA-binding motif is a characteristic feature of the nucleocapsid and is widespread among retroelements.
The calicoes in no.789 can be dated to the 1840s and 1850s based on motif and color.
The motif of alien beings peopling our planet is a very common one in science fiction.
It has been over 50 years since porcupine quillwork was used as the primary decorative motif on Gwich'in jackets, slippers, and gloves.
The basic design consists of four medallions grouped around a central motif.
The soundtrack consists of a medley of tunes that perfectly mesh with the tropical paradise motif.
Kristen stared at the ruby red prom dress with the boned corset top done in satin with a embroidered flower motif.
The octagon is formed by a kind of train-track motif that jogs around a flower-blossom design.
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Examples from Classical Literature
The motif occurred in the middle of the overture, directly after the czardas.
She wanted to sing the Walhalla motif, but the Walhalla motif cannot be sung.
His flatware is usually distinguished by a shell motif, and gadroon edges finish and decorate many of his pieces.
Kermanshah rugs of modern make have usually a medallion with a lotus motif in the centre of the field.
We have then to allow for the growth of a mythology with the twelve signs as its motif.
He likened her to a motif that remained in his life as a melody that haunts the memory.
The ceiling of the Library has the four seasons for its decorative motif and the overmantel is a design of fruits and flowers.
Listen, there's the Venus motif crossing the Pilgrim's march.
And again the motif of that hackneyed operetta is heard from his lips.
This is a motif employed by a number of other authors including Dante, Milton and Camoens.
Almond Casuarina Resort, Barbados, will feature a lush, tropical-looking Almond Spa with a coconuts and casuarinas motif.
The green curio cabinet with its gold chinoiserie motif became the leitmotif of Younger's design scheme.
Police are looking for a white man, aged about 30, 5ft 5in, who was wearing a flat cap and a black T-shirt with a white motif.
The motif of the work is most beautifully and pathetically represented.
It complimentarily introduces a hint or two of Wagner's Grail motif.
The harmonica then played a little sprightly motif, in six-eight.
A second version contains only an elaboration of this last motif.
The first motif is that of regional rivalry coupled with irredentism.
The concept is a recurring motif in the history of Lusitanian conversos since the fifteenth century.
I thought that you of all people could work out that motif adequately.
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