Sentence examples for the basic contour from inspiring English sources

For the Avis building, he extracted the basic contour of these simple sheds -- the gridded box and the sloped roof -- and clad it in glossy metal and glass to create a glowing billboard for passing traffic.

Meanwhile, though, the basic contours of their deception seem unmistakably clear.

Now all the parties accept the basic contours of the Indonesian state.

Having found the basic contours of the smuggling scheme, Apuzzo still had (and continues to have) questions about the operation.

Early drafts of the agreement show that the basic contours of such a system are in place.

Prosecutors and defense lawyers agreed on the basic contours of Mr. Roof's march toward racial animosity.

The film, shot over the course of two years by Amy Rice and Alicia Sams, sketches the basic contours of the 2008 campaign, with a particular soft spot for Obama.

"We still believe that we have a chance to reach an agreement on the basic contours of a peaceful Palestinian state," Ms. Rice said.

The basic contours of the Danish landscape were shaped at the end of the Pleistocene Epoch (i.e., about 2,600,000 to 11,700 years ago) by the so-called Weichsel glaciation.

At most festivities that call for banquet halls and cocktails, there is little doubt about the basic contours of the main event.

Nonetheless, the basic contours of any long-term settlement are already clear, as is the need for Iranian and Russian participation.