"The ability to sustain exceptional power outputs demands certain questions to be asked.
It suggests that Fu, who came from very humble circumstances and was largely self-taught, was sustained by exceptional talent and a steely yet flexible dedication to his art.
And our ability to sustain is exceptional.
The floods are the result of exceptional and sustained rainfall across southern Africa, the heaviest since records were first kept more than a century ago.
As a result of the action every hospital in England has been asked by the Medical Director of the NHS to ensure they have plans in place to monitor "exceptional and sustained" deterioration in performance and contingency arrangements to ensure patient safety is not compromised.
Mr Nixon was nominated by MS Society's former chief executive, Simon Gillespie, who said: "The range, extent and deep impact of Stuart's contribution in his work life, and through volunteering for the MS Society at the highest level, has been exceptional and sustained, benefiting those who have MS and the wider community".
These operations require from all of us – officers and men – exceptional efforts, sustained day and night, despite a moral tension tested to its limits by the sight of the devastation wrought by a pitiless invader.
Or, when played with its magnetic pickups, it could sound like an electric guitar with exceptional sustain.
What drives Serge isn't love or friendship or even survival (born with a caul, like David Copperfield, he is sustained by a run of exceptional luck).
The Partners for Performing Arts Program will give three-year grants ranging from $100,000 to $450,000 to dance companies, performing arts presenters and small theaters in New York City that have demonstrated exceptional promise or sustained excellence.
