Sentence examples for serious performances from inspiring English sources

Nicolas Van Kuijk's playing is strong and characterful enough to carry the passages where the first violin dominates, but all four players contribute to the extensive colour palette, precise blending and, where apt, the sense of fun that makes these well-judged, serious performances so vivid.

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"Ministers must take responsibility for serious performance failures".

The Met had banned encores in recent decades amid a more serious performance atmosphere.

Avery is the new protagonist, and Cooper gives a quiet, serious performance as a straight arrow.

Well, she's believable as a comedy star attempting to give a quiet, serious performance as a crime specialist.

But fancy shocks cannot disguise a piggish chassis, so it's important that the basic ATS architecture is the stuff of serious performance cars.

Richard gave a mock serious performance as the husband of the zany wife, the man who's just trying to keep up with all the hilarity.

It's the one area where Mercedes seems to have lost its nerve, tuning the SLK's gearbox for everyday comfort rather than serious performance.

The nature of our web app meant that sometimes there could be several TinyMCE instances in the DOM at once, which led to some serious performance issues.

Renfro gives a brave and serious performance as this chaotic child, but Nick Stahl, as Bobby — eyes hooded, with a raffish grin — is a major weakness.