Sentence examples for unfortunate performance of from inspiring English sources

Given the unfortunate performance of a plethora of governments in Europe in the recent past, the Slovenian people should expect a long and painful road ahead.

It was unfortunate that "Sonatas and Interludes" was immediately followed by a repeat performance of Merce Cunningham's "Summerspace".

This has been unfortunate of late, as the bear market has hurt the recent performance of those target-date funds with heavy stock allocations.

It's quite unfortunate some of the decisions made by the referee did not favour us but that's in the hands of the people who have to analyse the performance of the referee.

With no sets or costumes, and with little stage movement (mostly unfortunate when it comes), concert performances of opera invite a spirit of competition.

Derek Jeter, who is recovering from a strain of his right quadriceps, said it was unfortunate that performance-enhancing drugs were still a topic of conversation in baseball.

The very small proportion who recognised her were aware of only one thing: her unfortunate media performances so far, hence the descriptions "naive" and "amateurish".

"I am concerned that the unfortunate results of Perry's performance on the national stage may confirm the stereotype that much of the rest of the country has about Texas — the impression that Texas is a bunch of yahoos and people of low intelligence," said Scott Caven, a Houston Republican who was Mr. Perry's state finance chairman in his first two campaigns for governor.

And though there were impressive aspects to his playing, Mr. Sgouros's performance overall was an unfortunate reminder of what can happen when gifted prodigies are prematurely pushed onto the concert circuit.

The austere physical production, including crisply effective lighting by Brian H. Scott and an eerie score by Christian Frederickson, has the unfortunate effect of setting the antic performances in even starker relief.

This has the unfortunate effect of draining energy from fine performances — especially those of Kevin Durand as a fellow criminal, and Brian Cox as Boyd's judgmental father — and from a central character as desperate for limelight as lucre.