Sentence examples for bleak performance from inspiring English sources

The bleak performance in Europe overshadowed Ford's strong results in North America, where it reported a $2 billion operating profit in the quarter.

Endemic corruption and war, including the conflicts in Ethiopia as well as western and central Africa, are the main causes of the bleak performance, the report says.

Japanese manufacturing activity also put in a bleak performance in the Markit/JMMA Japan manufacturing purchasing managers index for December, released Friday, which declined at its fastest pace in more than three years.

THE bleak performance left Coca-Cola looking more vulnerable as its once impeccable public image was stained by crises -- from the biggest product recall in company history to a racial discrimination lawsuit filed by a group of its black employees.

Though belated, the World Bank's assessment that some of its policies and projects in Africa are failures is encouraging ("World Bank Cites Itself in Study of Africa's Bleak Performance," news article, June 1).

Mr Schein says it is easier for managers to hire a coach than to give an unsatisfactory employee a bleak performance appraisal.And yet such "derailment coaching" is not much fun for coaches either, and it rarely achieves much, so the coaching industry is increasingly trying to accentuate the positive, even urging companies to use their services as a perk to retain high-fliers.

But some analysts had said that the figure masked a bleaker performance, because it included several one-time gains that should not have been part of ongoing operations.

In some ways though, the future is bleak for performance car makers such as Porsche.

The Going Beyond the Call of Duty award To be shared between the following: Andrew Scott, for the bleakest, bravest performance of the fringe in Sea Wall.

There was no exploring the town or anything one likes to do on a trip of free will--it was 100percentt experimental performance, bleak modern composition, and silly attempts to reenact the Fluxus Manifesto.

It's redeemed by bleak cinematography, muted performances and understated relationships that convey the panic and despair of those early days, but also the rare, heady dawning of fellowship forged in grief.