Example sentences of "[art] closely defined " in BNC.
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| 1 | Underpinning government faith in UDCs is the belief that a single-minded agency with limited objectives , using streamlined administrative procedures and free from political ambiguity is better placed than local authorities to turn round a closely defined area ( Adcock , 1984 ) . |
| 2 | Members work within a closely defined mandate : to seek the release of prisoners of conscience — people imprisoned solely for their beliefs , colour , ethnic origin , sex , language or religion , provided they have neither used nor advocated the use of violence ; to oppose the death penalty , torture and other cruel , inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment of all prisoners ; and to end extrajudicial executions and ‘ disappearances ’ . |
| 3 | Members work within a closely defined mandate : to seek the release of prisoners of conscience — people imprisoned solely for their beliefs , colour , ethnic origin , sex , language or religion , provided they have neither used nor advocated the use of violence ; to ensure fair and prompt trials for political prisoners ; to oppose the death penalty , torture and other cruel , inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment of all prisoners. ; and to end extrajudicial executions and ‘ disappearances ’ . |
| 4 | Many of these terms make sense in a closely defined context , but as we move , with them , towards general sociological statements , they become less and less satisfactory . |
| 5 | Explaining her painting strategy in producing within a closely defined genre , Delia says ‘ I do n't do ‘ Spaniels ’ as a type . |
| 6 | Their techniques are not unlike ‘ thick description ’ in some respects : setting out accounts for a closely defined topic in an exhaustive manner and assembling a wealth of documentary and statistical evidence to assess an event . |
| 7 | It may often seem that some critical practitioners within established disciplinary frameworks which insist on treating literary texts as documents or , oppositely , as eternal works of art or according to a closely defined theoretical structure , proffer pronouncements on texts and history which are exclusively self-confident and definitive . |