But the elliptical structure of the narrative can't cover up its overheated, half-baked banality.
But, he added, "The fundamental structure of the narrative and the overarching themes of the narrative are sound".
The structure of the narrative defamiliarises the condition of slavery and the slave trade, gives it a shocking visibility.
The structure of the narrative is such that neither Lila nor Elena can ever be definitively locked within a formula that makes one the opposite of the other.
The very structure of the narrative drives home the point: Bethune is writing to his infant daughter because, we come to realize, he has fled from her as well.
An irreverent Aussie, she's an appealing character, but as she travels to Vienna, Boston and London, meeting with experts who might help answer her questions about the Haggadah, the structure of the narrative works against her.
Considering the slimness of the plot and the familiar verse-chorus-middle-eight structure of the narrative (boy meets girl, drum meets boy, girl loses boy to drum etc) it's dazzling how sprightly and inventive this conspires to be.
The title made some sense — it referred to both a cherished postcard album and, presumably, the snapshot structure of the narrative — but Baker's American publishers were wise to change it.
Yet given the structure of the narrative, Jack is doomed to play second fiddle to Joey, trying to read his quicksilver mind and stop the deadly schemes this brilliant strategist has set in motion.
Commission members said that the panel was in the middle of deliberations about the structure of the narrative portion of the report and that it had not begun to debate in earnest recommendations for change in the nation's intelligence and law enforcement agencies.
