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1 Despite an aggressively formulaic nature and virtually no believable story momentum, this phony tale of a simultaneous bachelor/bachelorette party eventually glides into a second act of extremely amusing and well choreographed set pieces.

2 The formulaic two-couple setup notwithstanding, Rizzo’s satire deepens with surprising and increasingly outrageous turns, cleverly turning the tables on each character’s posturing.

3 So, just say yes to whatever books interest your children — even if you’d prefer to see them reading the latest Newbery Medal-winning novel instead of “how to” nonfiction books, graphic novels or formulaic series books.

4 The concept, Mr. Licht explained last month, was, “Hard news for three hours, not formulaic, not focus-grouped, just intelligent people having intelligent discussions about major topics.”

5 A shade formulaic, but basically acquitted, for now.

6 Nostalgia it was, but there was nothing formulaic or phoned-in about it.

7 A pity then that the two items the group danced here — Francisco Gella’s “Between the Lines” and Ray Mercer’s “Super B!” — were just formulaic modern soft-shoe ballet.

8 The movie feels unnervingly real until the plot’s formulaic machinery kicks in.

9 Phelim O'Neill For a show sold as a stylish, cerebral antidote to the morass of CSI-style procedurals, The Killing seems dispiritingly formulaic, with the same dubious coincidences and red herrings popping up each week.

10 The trend of smaller films has been growing over recent years and it now seems that the industry has expanded to include both formulaic blockbusters and edgy fare.

11 Likeable stars with little frisson, Elwes and Shields are also saddled with a formulaic script.

12 It was amazing to see not just how different these were from the much more formulaic versions Ms. Makarova and others have inherited from the Kirov Ballet, but also how much more musically attentive.

13 This landmark translation matches the original’s line count while drawing on a spare, simple and direct idiom that strips away formulaic language to let the characters take center stage.

14 But he never cared for the formulaic fare typical of Broadway, where risk-averse producers commission soundtracks that ooze with cynical sincerity.

15 His fear, based on what he had observed in American publishing, was that in-house editing was likely to produce in-house books, with a similarity of style, presentation and format that becomes formulaic.

16 Interestingly, Alicia, arguing for a pure meritocracy in the prosecutors’ office, was to the right of Prady, whose arguments about inherent racism and diversity in hiring were cast as formulaically liberal.

17 Out of familiar and formulaic script leap the strange and extravagant.

18 I would hope that with the astonishing amount of money they’re pumping into original programs they would be a bit more discerning and create a few things that are a bitless formulaic.

19 We all know the worst: the unimpressive secondhand sorcery of formulaic plots, flavorless songs and lifeless animation.

20 Some say the film’s ending was too predictable, but if that final scene counts as formulaic, I probably need to watch more horror movies.

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2 俗套的

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3 公式

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6 老一套的

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