Example sentences of "[vb -s] perform [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The underthread for the lockstitch is provided by the bobbin , and the needle thread has to perform a loop to go around the bobbin which is held in a bobbin case under a slide plate . |
| 2 | The machine does not need to know anything : it has to perform a task . |
| 3 | Should the Slater Foundation accept , then , that it has performed a function in goading the LTA forward and retire from the arena and let them get on with it ? |
| 4 | Walter Hopps , the exhibition 's curator , and previously responsible for the Smithsonian retrospective , has performed a salvage job worthy of the artist 's legendary search for materials on the streets of his neighbourhood . |
| 5 | In bringing Labour to the edge of victory , Mr Kinnock has performed a near-miracle . |
| 6 | Concurrent with the above projects , David James has performed a number of secondary roles on behalf of other industrial and commercial companies experiencing financial difficulties . |
| 7 | The peasants believe he has performed a miracle and , thereafter , flock to him . |
| 8 | The effect of clauses which define the contractor 's obligations is that , if the contractor performs in accordance with the express undertaking , it has performed the contract and is not in breach of contract at all . |
| 9 | The Homicide Act has performed the service of removing capital punishment from the picture in nearly all killings of passion and depression . |
| 10 | A bishop has performed the opening ceremony at a pub which is owned by the church . |
| 11 | Mr. Lassman argued successfully before the judge , and sought to argue before this court , that that final phrase , ‘ held in any computer , ’ should really be read as ‘ held in any other computer , ’ or alternatively should be read as ‘ held in any computer except the computer which has performed the function . ’ |
| 12 | Both resolve to wait until the GP has performed the pregnancy test before telling anyone , even though the GP 's pregnancy test uses much the same sort of chemistry as the commercial one and is hardly more reliable or definitive . |
| 13 | If the analyst chooses to italicise a word in his transcription to indicate , for example , the speaker 's high pitch and increased loudness , he has performed an interpretation on the acoustic signal , an interpretation which , he has decided , is in effect equivalent to a writer 's underlining of a word to indicate emphasis . |
| 14 | The Lincoln Centre in New York plans to perform every note Mozart ever wrote ; in Switzerland Lucerne is vying with Vienna to put on all his church music , spread over 46 events ; Geneva will hear all his piano concertos in seven concerts . |
| 15 | The time that it takes to perform a search . |
| 16 | The time that it takes to perform a search in a system is a function of a number of factors , including the user 's previous experience with the system , aspects of system design and the nature of the search . |
| 17 | It warned that vets performing the operation routinely would face an allegation of ‘ disgraceful conduct ’ which could result in them being struck off . |
| 18 | Yet it does perform a number of useful functions . |
| 19 | Thus where the buyer commits an anticipatory repudiation which the seller fails to accept as terminating the contract , the seller will be liable if he himself subsequently fails to perform the contract . |