Sentence examples for stock devices from inspiring English sources

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The creators of "Johnny Baseball" might argue that they're using stock devices to highlight the unpleasant truths behind period fictions.

To stitch it all together, the writers have a tendency to resort to stock devices that flatten rather than enrich the characters.

Stock emotions are always easily aroused through stock devices, but both the aim and the technique are generally eschewed by serious writers.

In among the stock devices and low-cut tops, that's an unusual and intriguing premise on which to plot a TV love affair.

His oeuvre has appeared too full of its own stock devices: too many musclebound jocks among its men, too many forced smiles among its eagerly rushing women, and too much dependence on a familiar armory of runs and jumps.

They were variously deemed a mere travelogue of lightly culled impressions; deficient in recognizing the sociopolitical issues that plague places like India or Brazil; self-indulgent vehicles for the repetition of stock devices and props; far too long and in need of a good edit.

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This was developed as a stock device with a lowered centre of rotation for improved translational and opening capacity.

The simulations were then repeated after implantation of the Biomet Microfixation prosthetic TMJ, an established stock device.

The new design features and immediate load response of the Melbourne prosthetic TMJ suggests that it may provide improved clinical and biomechanical joint function compared to a commonly used stock device, and reduce risk of intra-operative nerve damage during placement.

The high price-tag of many 3D printers remains a huge barrier to mainstream adoption — albeit, analyst Gartner expects prices to be squeezed over the next few years as more large multinational retailers start stocking devices, helping to drive demand and trim price-tags.

(Many Republicans, including Trump, say they now support banning "bump stocks," devices that perform a similar function and were used by the Vegas shooter).

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