Sentence examples for in a podium from inspiring English sources

Bruguera also recognizes the significance of different reactions to certain pieces, for example if the work was aimed for people to stand up in a podium and talk, and no one does it, this is not a failure of the piece, but it can be interpreted as the fear of speech, for example.

He says that you can cover a lot more ground when people are sitting down, "because you can employ body language, you can move them along with a shake of your head, or with your eyes, which you cannot do in a podium format".

Their second 919, driven by Neel Jani, Romain Dumas and Marc Lieb, had to retire after 30 laps due to a hydraulic problem but for Webber's No20 to make it to the finish, and in a podium spot although two laps off the winner, was a more than satisfactory opening for both driver and team.

Finishing a stage in a podium position having saved a huge moment and simply leaned on the odd Welsh pine to help you back onto the muddy track, or surviving Germany's fast, open countryside all four wheels intact despite the endless concrete blocks lining the roads will feel like genuine mini-triumphs.

Of the nine he has finished, seven of them resulted in a podium - including two wins - and the other two fifth places.

So it comes as a surprise that the Buick Verano compact sedan is the segment leader in dependability, while its closely related cousin, the Chevrolet Cruze, also turned in a podium finish.

Speaking in Washington, in front a podium decked with the slogan 'repeal and replace Obamacare', Romney said: "Help us defeat Obamacare.

"I can only talk about what I know". With an exaggerated shrug, he added: "That's life". If such deflections did not make things clear enough, the secretary spelled out his philosophy of responsibility in a podium-thumping soliloquy.

"I think that's good management and prudent in these conditions," he said in a a podium interview about the effect of the global financial crisis on football.

I've been dispatched to Greenwich Park because Great Britain are in bang in contention for a podium finish in the team jumping final, which takes place this morning.

Nico Rosberg is quietly going about his business in fourth, a podium is pretty much beyond him as he trails Kimi Raikkonen by more than six seconds.