Sentence examples for a conspicuous performance from inspiring English sources

4 Alexandre Flanquart 5/10 At 6ft 9in he should stand out, but this was not a conspicuous performance.

South African men are expected to be heterosexual and to engage in conspicuous performance of heterosexuality and male desirability, in competition with other men (25).

Notwithstanding this, rape perpetration is rooted in prevailing constructions of masculinity – South Africa's hegemonic masculinity [ 20] – which emphasise dominance and control over women, expressed within a context of legitimised gendered violence [ 46, 47] and conspicuous performances of heterosexuality, both of which are epitomised in an act of MPR.

Instead, in broad fields that have long been strongholds of Japanese industry -- from electronics to auto parts to computer chips -- there has been a decline or a conspicuous leveling in performance.

Gyllenhaal's performance offers a conspicuous display of formidable skill within the film's familiar range of conventional drama.

Reviewers praised his performance, pointing out a conspicuous difference between Mr. Cazenove and Rex Harrison, who had originated the role on Broadway in 1956: Mr. Cazenove could sing.

While aging does not affect all cortical regions or cognitive domains equally, there is evidence that memory performance does undergo a conspicuous decline with aging.

Still, the lack of transparency on performance track records seems to be a conspicuous hole in the investment process.

After a rubdown came a rundown of his performance with reporters, which Wade conducted while wearing a conspicuous symbol of his pain.

Their electoral performance has been wilting ever since Millhead, for the want of a conspicuous success.

He plays the main character, Lee Simon, in a performance that brings to mind the stuttering, neurotic persona of Mr. Allen himself, a conspicuous turn for any actor, especially one so strongly associated with the grandeur of Shakespeare.