Sentence examples for a weaker performance and from inspiring English sources

That left the market expecting a weaker performance and there is therefore a chance of an upside surprise.

To compare the performance of individuals is not only of interest in order to detect those with a weaker performance and offer them training, but also to identify those with highly favorable outcomes and analyze their method of handling deliveries.

Centrica group operating profits slumped by 17percentnt, however, to £1.25 billion after a "weak" performance and falling profits in its business supply arm in the UK and North America.

In 45 films, in as many years, she seldom, if ever, gave a weak performance and certainly never gave a less than professional one.

"While services such as retail, and film production and distribution showed some improvement in the second quarter, a weaker performance from construction and manufacturing pulled down overall growth," said Darren Morgan, ONS head of national accounts.

That helped offset deeper losses in its domestic mortgage business and a weaker performance from its trading and investment banking groups.

Being from a humanities background predicted a lower overall WAM and was an independent predictor of a weaker performance at Level 2 and Level 5. Being from a more disadvantaged socioeconomic background predicted weaker academic performance predominantly in the early years of the course while being an older student at entry predicted weaker academic performance throughout the course.

The FTSE 100-listed mobile company blamed a weaker performance from its Africa, Middle East and Asia-Pacific division as it revealed a 3.6percentnt fall in group revenue to €11.8 billion in the quarter to December 31.

And a weaker performance by the group's newspapers, which include Britain's Times and Sun, was offset by strong growth at HarperCollins, its book publisher.Added to all this, News Corp's finances are now in reasonable shape.

EMDP students had a weaker performance compared to both graduates and students on the conventional course.

Mr. Dimon's upbeat remarks came after hefty trading profits at JPMorgan's investment bank again helped offset a weaker performance at its Chase retail banking and credit card units.