Every installment of "This Is Your Life" followed a tried-and-true formula.

Welcome back, then, to the television universe of familiar faces and tried-and-true formulas.

McDonald's has recovered in Paris by following the tried-and-true formula it has used around the world.

Rebecca Wallwork was less impressed, commenting that "it stick to the tried-and-true formula of allowing Dion's impressive voice to take center stage."

It's a tried-and-true formula that has worked before - remember Dennis DeYoung's "Desert Moon"?

The memoir reflects the thoughts of a young, earnest man discovering anew tried-and-true formulas like goal setting and moderation.

It's a tried-and-true formula and it worked for us brilliantly.

The most traditional kinds of container gardens adhere to the tried-and-true formulas.

Expertly applying his tried-and-true formula, he wove big, old-fashioned narratives involving generations of fictional families as they moved through expertly documented events in history.

In the server business, Microsoft is pursuing its tried-and-true formula of focusing first on the high-volume, less-costly end of the market as its launching pad.