A central narrative will bring all the strands together.
In the farmers' plight, all the strands of an economy in transition intersect.
It is the story in which all the strands come together.
Patterns are set up, reshaped, challenged, subverted, all the strands, in every colour and ply, tightly woven and rhythmically daring.
Last year saw the publication of what is perhaps his supreme achievement, in which all the strands of his previous works are brought together: Austerlitz.
In Gascoigne's case, all the strands broke — from the dwindling fame game to a marriage breakdown sadly turned into a reality TV soap opera.
The ending is a nicely executed bit of metaphysical farce, in which all the strands of Harold's fate converge, but the final notes are more than a little false.
If there is any way all the strands could be brought together to give true transparency and accountability, then the HJC would welcome that," she told the home affairs select committee.
Stephen Medcalf's production perfectly teases out all the strands in this canvas of Russian life, managing the great chorus and dance scenes in the limited space of the Guildhall stage with great ingenuity.
This is a case where you have to look carefully and with common sense at all the strands of evidence if you are really going to find out what is going on.
Michael Grant's writing is utterly enthralling, it reminds me a bit of watching Doctor Who, where you watch one episode, then another, there are loose ends and then suddenly all the strands pull together in an explosion of clarity.
