Sentence examples for tricky performance from inspiring English sources

Mr. Pearce, whose tight, tricky performance in "L.A. Confidential" was somewhat lost in the hoopla surrounding Kevin Spacey and Russell Crowe, occupies nearly every frame of "Memento" and succeeds in the difficult task of portraying a man at once utterly clueless and fanatically sure of himself.

The rather static dramaturgy can make it tricky in performance, and Glyndebourne's new production is hampered by an often overly busy staging by Laurent Pelly that doesn't quite get the measure of the piece.

Opera singers must strike a particularly tricky balance: the performance must be big, to match the size of the music and the scope of the feeling, but size must not swamp truth.

That makes measurement of business performance trickier than with revenue from selling ad banners.

Student performance is tricky, given socioeconomic factors are also linked with outcomes.

If the link with a company's performance is tricky, so is the measure used to judge that performance.

Picking funds based on past performance is tricky.

The England captain was part of a very positive performance in tricky conditions at Murrayfield and put in another big 80-minute shift, making his tackles, linking up play and marshalling the troops well.

In such circumstances it is tricky to judge the performances of England's newcomers.

So fans will be hoping for big performances from tricky Rennes winger Jonathan Pitroipa as well as attacking midfielder Alain Traore, who has already bagged a very impressive seven league goals from 17 games for Auxerre this season.

(It helps that Mr. LeFevre gives a sensitive but entirely natural performance in this tricky role).