Sentence examples for stubborn performance from inspiring English sources

With a 3-2 vintory in Game 2 of a best-of-five American League diviserieseries on Monday night, the Orioles drew even behind a stubborn performance from their rookie starting pitcher, Wei-Yin Chen, who out-performed the more experienced Andy Pettitte in a game fraught with missed opportunities.

Pupils in both inner and suburban London obtain a higher pass rate in the five core subjects (which must include English and maths) in the GCSE exams sat by pupils at 16 than the national average (see chart).The stubborn performance gap between richer and poorer pupils has also narrowed in the city in the past decade.

Last season Rangers progressed through round after round after stubborn performances on their travels, and almost reproduced that level in Lithuania before the intervention of Pilibaitis.

The players have stuck together pretty well, we haven't been humiliated in too many games but it just hasn't been good enough to turn decent, stubborn performances into points and that's probably what the new manager will need to do".

But any Gallic firepower was quelled by a stubborn defensive performance, and Wales' victory was the springboard for a remarkable resurgence that culminated in a record victory against England, and a second title in a row.

Los Rojiblancos had netted 22 times in their previous 10 games, but the Blues overcame Cech's loss to produce a stubborn defensive performance which gives them every chance of making their third Champions League final in seven seasons.

Ipswich boss Mick McCarthy: "Wolves were in the ascendancy in the second half but we have had a great, stubborn, belligerent, professional performance - all those horrible words people don't like in football but I do because you win games and win leagues by doing that.

The panel at Martha's Vineyard intended to discuss the achievement gap, the stubborn disparity in performance between black and white students.

But in some cases, he said, low performance could "be stubborn".

What emerged amid the celebration of Adele and other winners and the often clunky musical performances was a stubborn and almost total reluctance to engage with the music of the day.

Stubborn defending typified Saints' first-half performance as they were forced to repel Kilmarnock's advances and try to build counter-attacks using the pace of Gwion Edwards.