Sentence examples for performance was encouraging from inspiring English sources

Barcelona controlled most of the ball but were constantly repelled by Granada, whose performance was encouraging even though it was lacking in ambition.

If Ronaldo's performance was encouraging rather than explosive, he was far from the isolated figure he had been under Queiroz, and he almost set up a late equaliser for Nani.

The company's performance was "encouraging from a number of perspectives," he said, with growth in wholesale volume, revenue and market share in North America, South America, Europe and Asia-Pacific.

Shropshire's performance was encouraging, just a day after opening their Minor Counties Championship campaign with victory over Cheshire at Bridgnorth.

Analysts at Numis Securities said French Connection's performance was encouraging and that the extension of a licensing agreement with furniture store DFS was good news.

Performance was encouraging and adequate compared with the MMSE considering that the MMSE and clinical diagnoses were administered at the same time, which was 1 12 months earlier than the collection of HABC-Monitor data.

For Amec, having a consistent level of operational performance is encouraging and the outlook, which is relatively unchanged, shows promise.

Mike Hawes, SMMT chief executive, said: "February is typically one of the quietest months of the year, ahead of March's plate change, but this positive performance is encouraging and puts the sector in a good position for the coming 12 months".

In fact, GROWEST's performance is encouraging given the level of simplicity in the model.

A spokesperson said: "While recent improvements in performance are encouraging, more needs to be done to ensure performance improves in the long term.

Richards-Ross told BBC Sport: "Missing the entire 2010 season with a career-ending injury was tough but training is going great and this performance is encouraging".