Sentence examples for a classic sequence from inspiring English sources

Greengrass gives us a classic sequence, popularised by Aaron Sorkin in TV's The West Wing: the walking-down-the-corridor shot in the Commons, flanked by advisers: it is dynamic, purposeful.

The evolution of horses from the tiny "dawn horse" (Hyracotherium, formerly Eohippus) to the present form is a classic sequence, knowledge of which has played an important role in evolutionary thought.

Examining cartoons from a musicological perspective, Goldmark does frame-by-frame readings of such works as "What's Opera, Doc?" Occasionally, this approach seems overserious, but it helps explain the artful mechanics behind a classic sequence like that of Elmer Fudd chasing after Bugs while wearing a Viking helmet and singing "Kill the wabbit" to Wagner's "Walküre" leitmotif.

Their stop in Las Vegas yields a classic sequence: Linda, in a sudden fit of insanity, loses their entire stash at a roulette wheel, and David, filled with preposterous schemes to turn the Desert Inn into a charitable institution, tries to get the money back from a friendly but immovable casino manager (played by the writer-director Garry Marshall).

"That's the kind of thing that he was brilliant at, and it's become a classic sequence in movie history," Pierson said.

The localization of these particular sites to these three stem lineages, combined with the M1 analysis (Fig. 1) depicting a classic sequence [ 22] of markedly increased dN relative to dS, followed by descendant lineages with a markedly decreased dN relative to dS, presents a pattern strongly indicative of positive selection.

Sequels and prequels were everywhere, with Rose Tremain returning to the hero of Restoration in Merivel (Chatto & Windus), Irvine Welsh revisiting Trainspotting territory for Skagboys (Jonathan Cape), and Alan Garner – a mere 50 years on – concluding his classic sequence of children's novels with the adult volume Boneland (Fourth Estate).

Boneland, the conclusion to a classic fantasy sequence Alan Garner began over 50 years ago, will be published in August.

In the case of a classic sex sequence, such as the hotel room scene in Don't Look Now, the intercourse portrayed by stars Donald Sutherland and Julie Christie is as much about cathartic emotion and their recent bereavement as about lust.

Horror scholar Skal notes that the scene has come to be seen as a "classic 'lesbian' sequence, although of a decidedly negative stripe".

The main implication of this is that the classic sequence stratigraphic model may be viewed as only a possible scenario in the stratigraphic record rather than the rule.