Sentence examples for closely modeled on from inspiring English sources
It is a fictional drug that is closely modeled on real ones, down to the rosy television commercials and the dizzying litany of possible side effects.
The centerpiece of the effort is a Web site called Admongo (admongo.gov), where visitors can get an "ad-ucation" by playing a game featuring make-believe products closely modeled on real ones, among them Choco Crunch'n Good cereal, Cleanology acne medication, Double Dunk sporting goods and the Smile Meals sold at Fast Chef restaurants.
The opening acts were Blaque, closely modeled on TLC's sound and stance, and Vega, whose "Mommie" was one more update on modern romance: a love song to a single mother.
Another character, closely modeled on the artist Eric Gill, casually sleeps with his children.
Just this month, a slick app closely modeled on Google Now launched for the iPhone.
This OCW Scholar course, designed for independent study, is closely modeled on the course taught on the MIT campus.
The innate instinct of the Premier League is to stick with the model that has served them so well and the looming tender is likely to be closely modelled on the last one that divided the 154 live matches into seven packages.
Thames Town has Victorian- and Georgian-style housing for 10,000 people, red phone booths and, perhaps oddest of all, a church (pictured) with a spire closely modelled on a mid-19th century Anglican one in Bristol.
On the other hand, the protesters' putative replacement (the one with red and white stripes) is closely modelled on the official flag of the Confederacy, which, though less well known than the Confederate military emblem on the current flag, is arguably just as redolent of the South's past.Needless to say, these arcane historical distinctions are merely a code for contemporary grievances.
The bedroom in which they film the links between sketches is closely modelled on their childhood bedrooms, covered in posters similar to the ones they used to rip off the walls of the tube.
With a time scheme closely modelled on an ice hockey puck and a central performance closely modelled on the more colorful breed of rooster, Get On Up is that rare biopic that leavens its respect with a little light mockery.
