Sentence examples for mere performance from inspiring English sources
Like a made-to-measure suit from Savile Row, a custom-made chip has snob appeal among users that goes beyond mere performance.
The Sound Shore Orchestra, whose stated mission is "to connect generations of listeners to the beauty of symphony music," goes beyond mere performance to achieve that goal.
Although it seems that software metrics have moved beyond mere performance measurement, it is not too clear how machine effectiveness, efficiency, and effort pertain to human requirements on such matters.
The tension between Beerbohm as gadfly and Arnold as authority figure is a paradigm for similar tensions throughout the book, which tries to explain how the seriousness of public figures ossifies over time into caricature, into "the mere performance of seriousness".
That's also why it's almost impossible to discuss in detail: the mere presence of a real-life famous person is no mere performance or plot point but an automatic punch line, so even just listing names would give away some jokes.
Rather, the actors give freely of themselves (Gosling's self-conscious whimsy adds some notable moments of comedy), while the camera, in sharp attention to gestures, glances, textures, and faces, and by way of some soul-shuddering closeups, gets past mere performance to the seeming core of character.
As the authors note, they are much more than mere performances.
Abbado's concerts weren't mere performances of pieces of music, they were searing, transformative existential journeys.
To Harrison, Galvin and other executives, Burk wrote that the "public is demanding corporate accountability that goes beyond mere financial performance".
Yet it also felt incomplete, because it failed to account for the many aspects of leadership that go beyond mere market performance.
At $4.5 million, "Urban Cowboy" is a relatively inexpensive musical by Broadway standards, but the original announcement that it would close after a mere four performance was still a shock in an industry in which even badly-received shows often stay open for months.
