A lie has to be structured, internally consistent, so as to have the greatest final impact.

At his best he offers an empty but internally consistent flamboyance.

Both theories were complete and internally consistent, with no way to arbitrate between them.

The best you can hope for is that the radii are internally consistent.

In some cases the story is continuous and internally consistent from the migration down to the present.

Even in the early stages of development, the Malamatiyya did were not internally consistent.

The case made against the male is internally consistent and sturdy, given the assumptions of current discussion.

The background - and the story itself-must be internally consistent.

The designers made a deliberate attempt to make the rules more internally consistent.

In contrast, the board found her story "plausible, detailed and internally consistent."