(1) An additional 30 cm of clay covered the tailings on one plot and each plot was subdivided into bare soil and vegetated subplots.
(2) Quick outs • Random subplot of the week: Peyton Manning throwing Denver’s first touchdown to Jacob Tamme, a man who rarely gets much attention in that high-powered Broncos offense, but who has been riding to every home game with the quarterback, plus receiver Eric Decker, for the last two years .
(3) It was impossible to ignore the subplot here that the manager needed a result more than ever.
(4) Even leaving aside the tricky Royal subplot, the marriage of politics and the media in the presidency was always going to attract controversy.
(5) Given the game’s venue, however, the ‘Quakes place in the table was a subplot.
(6) Four steers received abomasal infusion of 400 ml of water (control) or of corn oil, which served as the whole plot treatment, and the isolation of lipoproteins by ultra-centrifugation at 4, 20 and 37 degrees C were the subplot treatments.
(7) Chelsea have won seven matches during that sequence and once we had waded through all the varying subplots and controversies the bottom line is the Premier League leaders have re-established a five-point advantage ahead of Manchester City – and gone nine clear of Arsenal – courtesy of Eden Hazard’s expertly taken penalty and the latest demonstration of Diego Costa’s penalty-box prowess.
(8) One approach to the analysis of such data is to treat time as the subplot treatment and to use a split-plot analysis of variance.
(9) The allegations have become a prominent subplot in the scandal that forced the resignation of the Barclays chief executive Bob Diamond last week.
(10) There's no guarantee that all, or indeed any, of the subplots that emerge during the course of the season will be wrapped up by season's end.
(11) The least effective element of the show is its midway subplot involving a reindeer on the run from a malevolent Santa.
(12) He becomes a mortician's assistant for a while in Cairo and – in a peculiarly creepy subplot – endures a winter sojourn in the town of Lakeside, Wisconsin.
(13) Maxime Colin’s duel with Stewart Downing turned into an intriguing subplot, with the former England winger discovering he could not quite waltz past the visiting right-back on the outside.
(14) There's also a Wicker Man -style subplot where she gets her promiscuous comeuppance.
(15) There’s always this subplot of: ‘There is going to be terrible publicity on this … it’s not going to reflect well on the government and all these kids’.” Loughton said Kids Company would “mesmerise” people in positions of power to “pay up or else”.
(16) This was a cause he was happy to be swept into: climate change made a perfect subplot for his grand narrative about the world of evil capitalism ruining nature.
(17) "Nothing about this is alright," sulks Barbie, as the Shyamalanisms mount and subplots involving murderous youths and mysterious propane deliveries suggest that even the programme makers can't be particularly arsed with this "having to keep referring to the dome" lark.
(18) "Whatever this thing is, it's big," expounds putatively hunksome antihero Dale "Barbie" Barbara, helpfully, as his utility slacks are besieged by subplots.
(19) The prospect of the BBC and ITV facing off for the highlights is just one subplot for in a Premier League rights battle that will again see Sky and BT Sport competing go head to head for live games.
(20) In a subplot worthy of a sequel to Wind in the Willows (which featured a water vole named Ratty), some wildlife experts have suggested the resurgent otter may prove an unexpected ally for the vole by ousting the weasel-like mink.
Underplot
Definition:
(n.) A series of events in a play, proceeding collaterally with the main story, and subservient to it.