set-pieces

It is a form that Updike handles well (and that he had perfected long before it was taken up by the minimalists and neorealists of the 1970s and 1980s), seems perfectly suited to the disclosure of small insights Updike seems to be after, and that also allows him to exercise his stylistic gifts in a way that can transform the stories into something like lyrical set-pieces.

Updike, John 2010

It is fashionable and, sometimes, all too easy to knock Arsenal's defenders, particularly on set-pieces, but Wenger's faith in them is unshakable.

Arsène Wenger has more to worry about than just how to replace Cesc Fábregas | David Hytner 2011

And tonight, very unusually for us, we scored from two set-pieces.

Aston Villa 1-2 Arsenal | Premier League match report 2011

And I'm not just talking about beautiful set-pieces, such as any of the locations for the lightsaber duels.

Why the Star Wars Prequels Are Actually Good (Part 1) 2009

Unfortunately its lower budget shows, with tinpot set-pieces, an uneven difficulty level and innumerable occasions when you'll have to stand about waiting for a team-mate to bumble along and open a door.

This week's new games 2011

It might just be the first observational comedy show that's been made using a calculator, and Horne makes an extremely funny guide on a journey from birth to death, with plenty of imaginative set-pieces along the way.

This week's new comedy 2011

It's about time they tried something different from those set-pieces.44 min: Hoolahan, perhaps in a bid to endear himself to Giovani Trapattoni and earn a call-up for Euro 2012, sprints after Parker and chops him down.

Norwich City v Tottenham Hotspur – as it happened | Paul Doyle 2011

Also, eight of the team's 18 Champions League goals this season have come from set-pieces, including six goals from corners—most in the tournament this season.

The World's Greatest Whiners Jonathan Clegg 2011

Stoke's threat, as tends to be the case when their wingers struggle for possession, was being restricted almost exclusively to set-pieces, but that is never negligible, as Huth again demonstrated with another powerful header over the bar from Whitehead's free-kick.

Stoke City 0-0 Aston Villa | Premier League match report 2011

The fact that you felt 'spoiled' for the set-pieces in Far Cry 2 by the loading screens is interesting.

In reply to Clint Hocking and Michael Abbott Ben Abraham 2009