Sentence examples for story standard from inspiring English sources

That cover story, standard for American operatives who pretend to be diplomats or other federal employees, was not an option for Ms. Plame, people who knew her said on Wednesday.

3. The wedding (Series 4, episode 6): A great spin on the "jilting at the altar" soap story standard – hiding upstairs in the church, a wavering Mark marries Sophie after his cover is blown by best man Jeremy wetting himself over the guests below, only for Sophie to burst into tears and ditch him immediately afterwards.

His Jack Taylor, an especially hard-boiled figure even by detective story standards, is confronted with an actual crucifixion at the start of "Cross" and is "nearly drinking again" at the time of this crime.

Of course the show is a comedy, so it doesn't bother with the typically gloomy out-of-the-closet story standards like self-loathing or familial rejection (Amy has a southern conservative mother and a wicked step-sister who believes in salvation, but they are only really portrayed as irritants, and she seems to enjoy provoking them).

Hing's final anecdote – painting him as the victim, despite his apparently escalating the situation to a level of ridiculousness that beggars belief even by standup tall story standards – had the unfortunate effect of dissipating some of the goodwill he'd spent the previous 45 minutes building up in me towards him.

I was wondering if this building has any sort of historical significance.... Jordan Vogel, Manhattan A La Rochelle, with its grand portal of banded columns, is a standout along Columbus Avenue, in part because, at 11 floors, it is taller than the five- to seven-story standard on this part of the avenue.

In association with the Optimality Criterion (OC) algorithm, the proposed method is applied in the wind resistant optimization of a 60-stories standard model of Commonwealth Advisory Aeronautical Research Council CAARCCommonwealth Advisory Aeronautical Research Council CAARC

However, modern author and editor Douglas A. Anderson has called the Countess's stories "standard, melodramatic fare", which are "perfectly forgettable".

AGES 11-13 The story is standard and predictable, the sentiment thick and exploited.

Sliding into a leather chair, he said, "Tell me your story" — his standard opening with a stranger.

Sliding into a leather chair, he said, "Tell me your story"—his standard opening with a stranger.