Sentence examples for were engaged to perform from inspiring English sources

This made her a natural successor to the Fox Sisters, her fellow Americans and the founders of modern spiritualism, who in the mid-19th century were engaged to perform three times a day by the impresario PT Barnum.

Along with some mariachis, some mimes, some girl dancers, two singers, and a comedian, they were engaged to perform for the Mexican inmates of Soledad, a prison about sixty miles south of San Jose.

The zanies were engaged to perform at a pool in London and, upon arriving found that there had been some confusion about the altitude of the diving board; the builder had calculated its height in metres instead of feet.

To evaluate the feasibility of a CVD and obesity surveillance network, forty General Practitioners (GPs) were engaged to perform a screening to assess obesity, cardiovascular risk, lifestyle habits and medication use.

Changes in neural activity usually take place unconsciously, as different parts of the brain are engaged to perform tasks or process stimuli.

Inspired by these results, the carbon dot-MnO2 adduct was engaged to perform preliminary logic operations, namely YES and AND using H+ and NAC as inputs.

After the Barclays show, he climbed into a black S.U.V., to be driven across the river to Lavo, the site of the official after-party, where he was engaged to perform a late-night d.j.j

By Andy Borowitz January 15 ,2017 WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report) — Donald J. Trump's plans for a triumphal Inauguration were upended over the weekend when a karaoke machine that had been engaged to perform at the event abruptly backed out.

Inactivation of a certain region might also mean that a different system is engaged to perform the same task (different strategy) or that even if the same brain regions are activated for a particular task, they may come "on-line" at different times [35].

Miguel Ruiz is a professor at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid which was engaged to perform analysis of data and drafting of a preliminary version of the manuscript.

If you have severe edema, a professional masseur should be engaged to perform the massage type called "manual lymphatic drainage".