Example sentences of "performed the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the difficulty is great , and the greatest danger is that if it is not well performed the music can seem banal . |
| 2 | A bishop has performed the opening ceremony at a pub which is owned by the church . |
| 3 | After your child has complied and performed the request ( say , picking up his/her toys ) but not before , say quietly , ‘ I am pleased when you do as I ask . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . ’ |
| 5 | The Homicide Act has performed the service of removing capital punishment from the picture in nearly all killings of passion and depression . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Galileo took the argument further and claimed that the correctness of his law of inertia could be demonstrated by dropping a stone from the top of the mast of a uniformly moving ship and noting that it strikes the deck at the foot of the mast , although Galileo did not claim to have performed the experiment . |
| 8 | In Nikko v MEPC ( cited at 13.6.1 ) , the judge said that an expert 's decision can not be challenged unless it could be shown that the expert had not performed the task assigned to him . |
| 9 | Inclining his head to the militia officer , Arnold Peck said , ‘ We have performed the duty for which we came here . |
| 10 | The Donation also claimed that the Emperor Constantine on ceremonial occasions had performed the office of strator ( leading the horse ) and strepa ( holding the stirrup ) for the pope , signifying an almost feudal servility . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Until then , she had performed the role as if the princess was one of the Merry Wives of Windsor . |
| 13 | We had performed the movement so many times , our bodies slipping past each other into a new configuration . |