Sentence examples for a performance that might from inspiring English sources

On his watch, Nokia's shares dropped by 85%—a performance that might make Microsoft's shareholders think twice before supporting his coronation.Mr Elop's return and rapid installation as favourite for the top job make it even less likely that Bill Gates will take charge of Microsoft again a possibility that had been widely floated, though without much conviction.

Those were met, in a performance that might have sprung from some old-time music hall.

Until that point Villa had flirted with the idea of producing a performance that might revive their season.

As the betrayed wife, Ms. Delany is also terrific, gently modulating a performance that might have been a monotonous screech.

In a performance that might have surprised even the Nets, they dominated the Phoenix Suns, winning, 110-72, Monightnight at Continental Arena.

McGregor says he was moved to create a new iteration of the book, to team up with artists from different disciplines to create a performance that might wrap an audience in a "sensory adventure" that had a "true emotional temperature".

She sang one of the most taxing roles in the repertory as if it had been written for her, and she delivered a physical performance that might have had any stray Hollywood executives in the audience wondering how to cast her in a remake of "Double Indemnity".

It was the ninth victory in a row for the Nets (41-28) and capped a two-night performance that might have once and for all validated them as a contender.

Besides Bubba Smith as Hightower, who subdues an ostensibly comic man mountain called Ox (Darwyn Swalve) after the latter tells a bad joke, there is Michael Winslow, who gives a highly creditable stand-up comic performance that might prefigure a future career for him if the series ever comes to an end.

Calling Mr. Sherman's failures "fatal to a constitutionally adequate defense," the judge issued an assessment of his performance that might not have seemed out of place on cable TV, three times labeling Mr. Sherman's lapses "inexcusable".

Sheen is chillingly smarmy in the role, giving a hint of the performance that might have been if someone had bothered to write some snappier dialogue.