Sentence examples for performances first as from inspiring English sources

During the last year, he began singing them in performances, first as a tribute to his wife and then because audiences liked them.

The few glimmers of unpredictability come from the supporting cast: David Margulies plays the politically compromised Rabbi Stephen Wise, a prominent Jewish figure during the war, with wit and ambiguity; and Jon DeVries gives two deliciously over-the-top performances, first as a rowdy Franklin D. Roosevelt and later as a rowdier Ben Hecht.

In the early years, Tom Marioni was the prime catalyst for performance, first as the curator at the Richmond Art Center from in the East Bay from 1968-1971, and then at his Museum of Conceptual Art (MOCA) founded in 1970 in San Francisco.

The performance first improves as (f_{_{text {D}}} T_{s}) increases due to the Doppler diversity and then degrades due to the channel estimation errors.

He tried desperately to cultivate another form of fame, and though his performance -- first as an art dealer, then as a rock musician -- was mostly mediocre, he never disappeared from view.

Moreover, consecutively removing components does not impair BCI performance at first, as these are artifactual components according to the classifier.

The lyrics still sparkle here, but Das Racist continues to think of songs as opportunities for inside jokes and references, first; for absurdist performance, second; and as music, third.

The performances seem, at first, as wooden and one-dimensional as the sets.

The temporal congruence between MI and physical performance was first recorded as a reliable marker of MI accuracy [ 36- 38].

"Poor first half performance, probably as bad as we've played to be honest.

Still, his eighth-inning performance, as encouraging as it was, did not do much in increasing his chances.