In Europe, the centrist stance would have appeared banal.
At first glance, the trades appeared banal, even pointless.
Partridge never dispenses tips, confining himself to observations so general they appear banal.
But Mr Muldoon manages to prevent them from appearing banal, and he remains true to his poetry.Two things ensure that this collection does not read like a pastiche of a rock album.
He tells The Creators Project,"At first glance, the pieces of broken glass, mirrors and strewn plastic appeared banal, unappealing and unremarkable.
It is peculiarly difficult to get a grip on what makes the book so compelling, because much of it appears painfully banal.
No trace of violence appeared among its banal swings and slides.
Conversely, without love, without its haunting pearl glow, things appear plain, even banal or drab.
Socialism has become banal and the Socialist party appears to be nearing obsolescence.
The collaboration between Mr. Parsons and the East Village Opera Company, a band that brings a rock sensibility to opera, is pretty much as it appears on the surface: a blatant and banal attempt to create a youthful Broadway musical.
