Sentence examples for but the basic shape from inspiring English sources

They'd prefer smaller, narrower ones, but the basic shape is clean.

Again, note how technology is changing not just the rules of emotional engagement but the basic shape of those emotions, shrinking the art of flirtation to a lubricious shrug; online, every date grows blind.

Their plans do differ in detail, but the basic shape of the plans on the most important points are the same and, in practice, the details would have to be worked out in congress anyway.

Yes, the haircuts and fashions alter somewhat, and the technological environment changes perceptibly, but the basic shape of civilization -- in particular its sexual mores and idioms of feeling -- seems remarkably constant, and seems, moreover, to be observed with almost documentary naturalism.

These days the original military coat is difficult to find, but the basic shape is so practical it almost never goes out of style.

But the basic shape of his analysis -- a sharp initial growth spike driven by massive fiscal stimulus, falling rapidly to a lower but still-strong rate -- is not at all ridiculous.

Arguably his most profound influence on analytic philosophy has not been to give us particular philosophical doctrines, but to contribute to the basic shape, the basic orientation of an entire major subdiscipline of philosophy.

Leave some room for movement but certainly carve out the basic shape of your sculpture.

Yet the basic shape – a narrow A-frame – has stayed the same.

The basic shape of his life, also, is too well known to excite controversy.

This is the basic shape that imitates normal muscle.