Sentence examples for formal conventions from inspiring English sources

There are strict formal conventions to the writing of sports biography.

Monro pushes at the edges of thematic and formal conventions without drawing attention to the fact.

The mask maker is enjoined to work within long-established bounds, using particular forms, traditional imagery, and formal conventions.

But "London Bridges" proves that it's easier to wink knowingly at formal conventions than work within them convincingly.

By calling the pieces fugitive, Schumann refers to the unrestrained nature of the music, which is freer and less restricted by formal conventions than music of earlier eras.

The new style retained much of the directness of approach and formal conventions of the traditional style, but, in addition, there was a greater emphasis on naturalism.

She estimated that Mr. Golisano would have received no more than 6percentt of a formal convention vote.

Altaic animals frequently display muscles delineated with dot and comma markings, a formal convention that may have derived from appliqué needlework.

It was as if weighing the anchor of his homeland meant that Kundera had also freed himself from the bonds of formal convention.

Smith is a fictional character, of course, so his thought process as he runs is both an invention and, in a sense, a formal convention — a way for Sillitoe to structure his narrative.

Mrs. Bachmann angered many fellow Republicans after she demanded an investigation into radical Islamic influence in the United States government, very likely dooming her chances of getting a formal convention role.