Sentence examples for followed a formula from inspiring English sources

They followed a formula that's common in the self-help literature of Chinese factory towns: short, simple chapters that feature some famous foreigner and conclude with a moral.

Joe McAleer, a historian who has written about Harlequin, told me that Harlequin romances have traditionally followed a formula: "Boy meets girl, boy loses girl on page 56, and, by page 180, the book would end with a marriage proposal".

In the question-and-answer session afterward (led by the former New York Times dance critic Jennifer Dunning), she explained that musical and dance structure followed a formula but that there was leeway within.

On the field, the Rams followed a formula used by most of the recent success stories by developing a superb running game: Steven Jackson has rushed for 676 yards in eight games.

Since the early 1990s, the most commonly prescribed sleeping pills have followed a formula that works by increasing levels of GABA, a neurotransmitter that slows down brain activity.  .

Lehman followed a formula in these portraits and foliate still lifes, but his strange deviations and distortions of space and the body keep the images fresh.

(And, as I learned in drafting these speeches for Bill Clinton, it is hard to follow a formula without sounding formulaic).

Each episode of "Without a Trace" follows a formula.

Case studies follow a formula, the group explained.

Almost all American satire today follows a formula discovered by Harvey Kurtzman.

On one level, the play neatly follows a formula made popular in film and television thrillers.