Sentence examples for tale leading from inspiring English sources

Like several critics, Craig Brown in the Mail on Sunday agreed that Snare's story was the less interesting one – "a shaggy-dog tale leading to nowhere".

But you can find a powerful grasp of fable — the emotional progression of a small number of clearly drawn characters through a decisively shaped tale, leading to a series of wrenching encounters and a satisfying climax.

It is here that Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan made landfall in 1520, encountering the tall Tehuelche tribesmen whom he called Patagones, after a mythical character in a chivalric tale, leading to the region's name.

Shakespeare spin-offs are big in literature at the moment, with Jeanette Winterson's reworking of The Winter's Tale leading a pack that also includes Margaret Atwood's take on The Tempest.

Hubert is a kind of summary of the common gripes about supposed mendicants who rode fine horses and looked suspiciously well fed; friars also come off badly in The Summoner's Tale and The Canon's Yeoman's Tale, leading some critics to suggest that Chaucer must have had a personal run-in.

Synthetic epigenetic modifiers were created in Maeder et al.'s study (2013) by fusing a hydroxylase catalytic domain of TET1 to TALE, leading to targeted demethylation of specific promoter CpGs.

In linear storytelling the director knows the future, so the story leading toward the end can be adapted appropriately to show the tale in the way most relevant to the outcome.

September 30 2015 October 3 3 2015 Also playing: The soprano Christine Goerke, a powerhouse interpreter of Wagner and Strauss, takes the formidable title role in Puccini's Chinese fairy tale, "Turandot," leading a cast that also features Marcelo Álvarez and Hibla Gerzmava; Paolo Carignani conducts.

November 7 2015 The American dramatic soprano Lise Lindstrom, who made her Met début in Zeffirelli's extravagant production in 2009, returns to the formidable title role in Puccini's Chinese fairy tale, "Turandot," leading a cast that also includes Yusif Eyvazov (in his house début, as Calàf), Hibla Gerzmava, and James Morris Paolo Carignanii.

October 30 2015 November 3 3 2015 The American dramatic soprano Lise Lindstrom, who made her house début in Zeffirelli's extravagant production in 2009, returns to the formidable title role in Puccini's Chinese fairy tale, "Turandot," leading a cast that also includes Marcelo Álvarez, Leah Crocetto, and James Morris; Carignani conducts.

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