Sentence examples for formulaic structures from inspiring English sources

Some musical systems have complex formulaic structures called modes or melody types with which melodies are built.

The typical stadium designer today is a corporate servant who churns out formulaic structures, either crudely serviceable or slathered in nostalgic references to the Roman Colosseum.

However, with many new books, especially those originating from the UK and the USA, the curse of creative writing courses remains and formulaic structures and language continue to frustrate this reader at least.

Without the compensation of rich language, the novel's formulaic structure becomes all too visible.

The show is merely a construct, with very abrasive narration, an overwrought score, and a predictable, formulaic structure.

This provocative content sits stiffly inside a neat, formulaic structure where the surprise is hiding, quite literally, under the bed.

Her agenda sometimes imposes a formulaic structure on her novels, as if she were checking off timely issues to explore, like immigration or the outrages of Thatcherite capitalism.

While the production is the program's more polished offering, it also suffers from an overworked, formulaic structure of movement alternating with text.

"Local Color," George Gallo's heartfelt semi-autobiographical film about an aspiring painter and his curmudgeonly mentor, is so well acted that you almost forgive its formulaic structure, treacly score and earnest voice-over narration.

So, more or less, you measure a few people's height and weight and figure out the line that meets the formulaic structure [weight = intercept + line slope * height].

Hence even texts that were composed with the aid of writing may retain the rhythmic, repetitive, formulaic structure characteristic of oral composition and recitation.