Sentence examples for a more straightforward style from inspiring English sources

Murakami adopted a more straightforward style for the coming-of-age novel Noruwei no mori (1987; Norwegian Wood; film 2010), which sold millions of copies in Japan and firmly established him as a literary celebrity.

There must be a more straightforward way of running things.

Mr. Jacobs is exploring the late Mozart symphonies, in which his performances are sometimes surprising in their refusal to conform to the more straightforward style of either the Vienna Philharmonic or the British early-music practitioners.

They represent a more straightforward American style.

Michele Wiles, as the soloist, had the right idea with a more straightforward Balanchine style.

Another option would be to strip Newsnight of its investigative role, reshaping it as a more straightforward news bulletin, in the style of BBC1's 10pm news programme.

Sirens is a more straightforward performance but it opens in typically bold style.

This would have meant most pupils sitting what were described as "tougher" O-level style exams and less-able pupils sitting a "more straightforward" ones - like the old CSE.

Musical styles range broadly, from the predictably Robynesque (the excellent My Boxer), to a more straightforward pop (Cherry on Top) and heart-smooshing acoustic balladeering (Love You Better).

They hold a more straightforward puzzle, too.

A more straightforward case is Massachusetts.