51.   As with all good farce, the plot is arguably credible, not least because grisly murders often take place in remote French villages.

52.   Aside from the nature of the family business, the plot could be about an immigrant family trying to preserve its ethnic traditions.

53.   At the same time, a separate plot was unraveling along the U.S.-Canadian border.

54.   At bottom, the plot is a tired one.

55.   At the screening there were also complaints that the plot was confusing, and that Fiennes and Ms. Thurman seemed uncertain about how to play their characters.

56.   At times the plot is part Harlequin romance, part gothic psychodrama.

57.   Based on the book by Michael Ondaatje, who brought Ceylonese and Canadian sensibilities to his task, the plot is almost nonlinear.

58.   Because the plot is so near the house, much more emphasis goes into making this little vegetable garden look pretty.

59.   Between them is a plot for Lane Joubert, cemetery manager Gary Smith said.