Sentence examples for has strong echoes from inspiring English sources

Both characters are victims of a tyrannical system, and their attempt to elude it has strong echoes of Orwell's 1984.

HOW CLOSE TO MADOFF STORY After Mr. Wiesel objected, the playwright wrote a new character, who still has strong echoes of the original inspiration.

Rattigan allows himself one sentimental piece of plotting; and the final act of renunciation has strong echoes of A Tale of Two Cities, which he and Gielgud had adapted in 1935.

Davey's stance, which has strong echoes of the UK government's refusal to agree a sterling currency union, appears to be a severe blow to Salmond's ambition for Scotland to meet 100% of its domestic electricity needs from renewables by 2020.

The strange thing is that, with her tightly trimmed blonde hair, she bears a passing resemblance to Sarah Kane and the play itself has strong echoes of Kane's Blasted, currently being revived in Sheffield.

But, much as I admire Crimp's text, I'm not sure it is helped by Katie Mitchell's hi-tech revival, which has strong echoes of her recent version of Virginia Woolf's Waves.

The tactical debates around Cable Street have strong echoes today, said Cohen.

It also had strong echoes of Pakistan's greatest previous triumph — in the 1992 World Cup.

"This Is Alphabeat" has been released twice — the original 2007 Danish version had strong echoes of 1970s power-pop, though by the time of the wider 2008 European release, Alphabeat had made those songs bouncier and more saccharine.

Instead May is referred to as Britain's Merkel and it has even been suggested she has modelled herself on her German counterpart, not least in her maiden speech in which she expressed her wish to "make Britain a country that works for everyone", which had strong echoes of Merkel's social market tendencies.

It seems to have strong echoes of what the ancient Greeks felt about democracy in Athens: that once you get beyond 15,000 to 20,000 people – the "polis" or city from which the name "politics" is derived – it's difficult for people to really feel they have influence.