Sentence examples for stiff performance from inspiring English sources

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It's difficult to tell whether Mr. Byrne's stiff performance is a cause or an effect.

"The Express" is more or less a biography of Davis, played by Rob Brown in a likable if somewhat stiff performance.

"Carmen" can be good theater, but a newcomer who believes that opera is long-winded and dull would have found little to challenge that view in this stiff performance.

"Overall, it was a stiff performance.

However, his stiff performance does nothing to elevate the Batman character, or this movie.

It's a 180 degree turn from his stiff performance in the current Tron: Legacy where he bears not even an ounce of charisma or on-screen presence.

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The actors' stiff performances (especially Mr. Strommen's) seriously diminish the film's emotional impact.

There are salient connections too with the piece that preceded "Light," the bedroom pas de deux from Antony Tudor's "Romeo & Juliet," though the stiff performances of Elena Zahlmann and Philip King served as a reminder that the company's dancing isn't always up to the level of its taste.

Institutional clients such as CalPERS, a huge pension fund for California's public employees, are taking the lead, negotiating lower fees and stiffer performance targets.Active fund managers thus face a squeeze from all sides.

Since last September, forward-facing child seats have been required to meet stiffer performance standards in crash tests, which most manufacturers have met by adding straps that tether the top of the child seat to the vehicle.

In the end, the company spared itself a high-risk vote on Lund's award only because the man from Statoil agreed to accept less and to concede stiffer performance conditions.

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