Sentence examples for tale attached from inspiring English sources

There is a tale attached to the rematch with Brewster which offers a tiny insight, a glimpse under the ice that shields Klitschko from normal scrutiny.

Whoever wins the toss will be certain to want to bat first, as Hough emphasised, but even this has a cautionary tale attached, certainly where recent Ashes matches here are concerned.

I went for a walk with him on the Edge about a year ago, to mark the 50th anniversary of the book, and the experience was like being given a guided tour by a craggy, grinning genius loci – every stone and corner had a tale attached to it; he talked the thickly wooded hills and hollows into life.

The BBC review stated fans hoping for "a fresh suite of crisp new Sparks songs" might be disappointed because "there are no tunes without the tale attached", but added that "luckily, the tale is a good one": the story of Hollywood corruption "is told masterfully, and builds to a dramatic conclusion that both condemns Hollywood and satirises its conventions with rapier-sharp wit".

And to food: some of it suspect, all of it with tales attached.

There are hundreds of tales attached to the films, with dozens of boxers claiming that they were the inspiration for various characters or scenes made famous by Stallone's creation Rocky Balboa, the Italian Stallion.

Leaving aside the many strange tales attached to actual religions – of which, at the very least, the overwhelming majority must be make believe – then the major recurring theme is of deliberate extra-terrestrial intervention.

Can you suggest anything?... Ellie Azenberg, Manhattan A. As you imply, caution is necessary with the old "ran out of money before the building was finished" tale, inaccurately attached to many buildings.

Maybe, a BBC broadcaster suggested breathlessly from the gates of Buckingham Palace, America's first couple would get to share some of the fairy tale aura attached to the next-but-one tenants in line to live there.

You can use tape or glue to make sure that wings and tale are attached properly.

The word "scroungers" has become a tabloid staple, attached to tales of disabled people living in 18-bedroom mansions and water-skiing.