Sentence examples for operate on several levels from inspiring English sources

The possibility to operate on several levels and over joints allowed extensive correction, mostly with only one operation.

The idea that meaning could operate on several levels seemed to appeal to him.

His basic unit of visual expression was set: the short, well-shaped phrase that could nonetheless operate on several levels at once — physical, interpersonal, metaphorical, spatial and even political.

If they're really well portrayed, especially on the stage, they operate on several levels at once, as deceivers (that is, actors) playing deceivers who get caught up in their own deceptions.

"Zero Dark Thirty" operates on several levels, and it functions against itself: even as the movie stokes excitement for the hunt for bin Laden, it stands outside the mission and — without actually posing questions about the operation — poses the mission itself as a question, by way of canny and conspicuous omissions in content, strategies in representation, and control of tone.

The game operated on several levels (anyone can now play a basic version by registering online).

SCORECARD This gauzy Hallmark card of a political advertisement operates on several levels.

The book operates on several levels: as a memoir, natural history, experimental training guide.

THE debate over security on America's south-western border operates on several levels of fantasy.

"Prometheus," the new movie from the director Ridley Scott, operates on several levels.

The Curious Incident is published simultaneously for adults and older children; despite its clarity and simplicity, it operates on several levels.