Sentence examples for procedural by the from inspiring English sources
It's a police procedural by the Turkish film-maker Nuri Bilge Ceylan, which means that it is long and deliberate and pruned of anything resembling CSI-style thrills.
For a while, WOMAN WITH BIRTHMARK (Pantheon, $23.95), a police procedural by the Swedish author Hakan Nesser, seems to take its style cues from its murder victim, who is described in Laurie Thompson's translation as "a bit of a bore".
There are two ways to recognize a police procedural by the Norwegian author Jo Nesbo: the dense plot is supremely detailed, and (here's the real surprise) even the most dedicated career criminal will stop what he's doing and find time for a serious philosophical discussion — often, with his arresting officer.
"Memphis Beat," a crime drama that begins on Tuesday on TNT, is a classic procedural — unorthodox cop meets by-the-book lieutenant — framed by the smoky, neon-lit romance of the blues and Southern decay.
The playwright Craig Lucas ("Prelude to a Kiss," "Reckless") was assigned to write the libretto, which would gain the propulsion of a procedural by centering on the female police officer investigating the case.
In addition, first year residents outperformed the third year residents in some of the procedural skills stations suggesting prior experience with acquiring the procedural skills by the first year residents [ 32].
That ban was overturned on procedural grounds by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, the ultimate arbiter of such cases.
But procedural moves by the Senate majority leader, Harry Reid of Nevada, have left the bill's future uncertain.
This might have become French's formula, a moody police procedural perfumed by the uncanny and narrated by a psychologically unstable sleuth.
Although Larson threw out several largely procedural claims by the players, he agreed that they were employees in Minnesota and therefore subjected to local drug-testing rules.
In ordering the retrial, the court sided with the prosecution, which argued that there had been procedural violations by the judges and the defense during the first trial, said a court spokesman, Pavel Odintsov.
