Sentence examples for conventional actions from inspiring English sources

The relentless barrage of norm-busting coming from the White House can make it difficult to keep things in perspective: Which administration actions represent major departures from the norms of U.S. democracy, which are minor deviations, and which are simply conventional actions being taken by an unconventional president?

The state may have passed the point where conventional actions will have any material affect and some kind of financial and judicial restructuring will be required.

The interventions included conventional actions proven successful, but also new rather untested and overarching measures.

Once the Indominus is let loose, the film turns into a conventional action movie.

With short-term rates at or near zero, central banks' scope for conventional action is limited.

They portray marines sent on an assassination mission in a Middle Eastern country, but this is no conventional action drama.

Yet, while some of World War Z is rotten, the whole stands as a punchy, if conventional action thriller.

But even then it's not conventional action writing: Bayta saves the day at the very last minute by shooting one of the good guys.

Quantum of Solace isn't as good as Casino Royale: the smart elegance of Craig's Bond debut has been toned down in favour of conventional action.

It's a faint disappointment when this thread is tied off and the author turns back to the more conventional action surrounding Edward's plot.

Villeneuve handles conventional action sequences terrifically well, and also places this white-knuckle material within a general atmosphere of nihilist ruthlessness.