The basic situation of an overpromoted, incompetent boss, unmotivated junior staff and a psychotic sidekick, however, seems to be universally recognised.
In the mesmerising narrative that follows, the basic situation of doing harm unto others is revolved in a series of episodes in which Deza implicates himself, directly or indirectly, deliberately or by passive acquiescence, in various acts of violence, the most dramatic and disturbing of which is a savage beating that he inflicts on his estranged wife's abusive lover.
Finally, we used a convenience sampling method to select the sample respondents; each household selected a respondent who was familiar with the basic situation of the family to answer the survey questionnaire.
In November, Late in the Day, John M Ridland takes the basic situation of Hey Diddle Diddle and also transforms it, but this time into a less overtly magical, domestic milieu.
I think that the basic situation of the United States is unchanged.
While McCarthy suggests that the basic situation of communication remains, other writers highlight how access to the internet has affected part of that process.
"To understand the Renaissance Center, you have to understand the basic situation of Detroit when we started the project," he later explained.
The basic situation of respectable Americans stumbling to the other side of the legal line promisingly recalls Manhattan Murder Mystery and Bullets Over Broadway, both high spots in Allen's erratic backlist of films.
One-on-one is the basic situation of the game one man, with the ball, trying to score against one defensive player, who is trying to stop him, with nobody else involved.
They kept the name and basic situation of the story but missed the point entirely; the characters in the film were all right, but what they did was so completely out of character.
