Sentence examples for performances hoping from inspiring English sources

Long lines of people reliably gather at Signature before performances, hoping for cancellations.

The Italian city, which always puts culture on its fashion agenda, invited the curators Alberto Salvadori and Andrea Lissoni to organize a four-day celebration of Brazilian art, music, film and live performances, hoping to display the modernist roots of a country that is too often seen through a prism of beach and carnival.

Latecomers — accustomed to shows that run well past midnight — continued to stream in a half-hour into Beirut's performance, hoping to have missed only the opening act.

Mitt Romney, this theory held, would seek to make the election a referendum on President Obama's performance — hoping that voters' dissatisfaction with the direction of the country in general, and the economy in particular, would lead them to vote him out of office, almost regardless of what the alternative was.

The stellar performance hoped for by the stockmarket may not happen.Citi and Travelers came to the altar with different experiences of mergers.

Geraint Richards, GB wheelchair tennis head of performance, hopes that the games will "open the eyes not only of the public but of local authorities", which run or fund many public sporting facilities.

His fans will continue to be spellbound by his compelling performances while hoping that he will mature into a wiser and more caring person.

Until contracts can be made more flexible, Mr. Gockley must content himself with recording performances and hoping eventually to be able to release them more widely.

Most career-oriented managers approach their annual performance reviews hoping to get useful feedback about what they need to do to increase their chances of getting promoted.

John Anderson, Britain's performance director, hopes that the performance of Florence will act as an inspiration to the rest of the team.

"A few athletes may not attain the performances they hoped to and they might spend a few days feeling unwell.