Sentence examples for performances raises from inspiring English sources

I think of him as something of a nineteenth-century figure, an industrial-age moralist somewhat akin to Charles Dickens but who, through his own on-screen performances, raises post-Victorian sentiment to a reflexive, self-flaying modernism.

His performances raised issues that tested the legal system's capacity to deal with social change.

There are lots of performances raising issues around homelessness, profiteering and the housing market in the Whose London Is it Anyway?

"Life," he tells her, "is a series of suicides, divorces, promises broken, children smashed, whatever," and the controlled yet agonized performances raise the self-pitying asides to Beckett-like poetry for the shipwrecked survivors of the Tuxedo Age.

The event covers acres of installations and performances, raising funds for the center's international artist residency program.

Ultimately, it was for a great cause, too, as the night's two performances raised $1,482,724 for Broadway Bares/Equity Fights AIDS, a non-profit group dedicated to AIDS-related causes across the U.S. .

Still, Rice's performance raises questions.

But this performance raises larger questions than whether the work has any authenticity.

The poor performance raises the stakes for the government in meeting fiscal and debt targets set under a bailout from the European Union and International Monetary Fund.

Such sophisticated performance raises a question: why aren't all Regals tuned, at least their steering and suspensions, like the GS?

For Perry, the lacklustre performance raises fears among Republicans that he would fail to dent Barack Obama in the high-profile presidential debates during the 2012 general election.