Example sentences of "to perform [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Starting this system with cases that are at different stages is time consuming and it is a suitable task for a student to perform during a summer holiday . |
| 2 | They wanted to reopen Sadler 's Wells with Carmen , Aida , Trovatore , operas they had n't been able to perform during the war . |
| 3 | ( c ) Money paid to a person for the performance of a statutory duty , which he is bound to perform for a sum less than that charged by him , is also recoverable to the extent of the overcharge . |
| 4 | He introduced Graeme Knox and Jim Mitchell to perform for the Company . |
| 5 | One of the most demanding things for this choir is the physical stamina required to perform for an hour . |
| 6 | This summer he fired the £600,000 a year president of his US TV subsidiary for hiring a male stripper to perform for an audience of high-powered Murdoch executives . |
| 7 | The expectations on him to perform as a wit at the Painters ' Table further drained his energy and if feeling jaded or bored he drank a lot . |
| 8 | Quite exceptionally , therefore , Baldwin was allowed to perform as a member of the Government and spoke front the front bench from February 1917 onwards . |
| 9 | It takes enviable sprezzatura and self-confidence to perform as a teacher of literature who does not need to feel professional . |
| 10 | Since Fourier analysis shows ( see chapter 11 ) that all signals comprise certain combinations of pure sinusoidal signals , to perform as an attenuator , a circuit must reduce the amplitudes of all sinusoidal signals by the same factor irrespective of frequency and without changing their phases . |
| 11 | erm I 'd we we have a number of suggestions er a gentleman over there about the er body building was that reported back to you for a start and did you discuss this ? erm you know I I really thought it sort of modern management techniques if there applied here like team working net working it 's it this way you could actually begin to perform as the committee at the moment your the shadowy figures in the background . |
| 12 | ‘ You are expected to perform straight away and if you are in a front-running car you are expected to perform like a front-runner immediately . |
| 13 | Such being the principal work which the Resident is called upon to perform under the system of Indirect Rule , it will be seen that he can receive little help from outside sources … |
| 14 | Back in Britain a year or two later , I was one of a panel collected to perform before a group of young Americans who were paying Richard Demarco , Edinburgh 's most flamboyant cultural entrepreneur , for the privilege of drinking the wisdom of the New Scottish Enlightenment at source . |
| 15 | For the same reason an actor is not content to perform before the mirror . |
| 16 | On the day of his first marriage , his wife went off to perform in a matinée and Burton listened to the International match . |
| 17 | It was just enough time , however , for Bill to perform in a way that he usually ( being then only a puppy ) performed on the kitchen floor . |
| 18 | The amount of traffic on the route ( see appendix D ) never increased following the improvements at Foxton , so that in an economic sense the lift from the start was required to perform in a situation where it was not needed . |
| 19 | There are many clubs and societies within the University which afford students and staff opportunities to perform in every kind of vocal and instrumental music . |
| 20 | Fourteen cities around the world are sending teams of young artists to perform in The Ark — designed by bOb ( sic ) van Reeth , the city 's leading architect — during the course of the year . |
| 21 | It is surely self-evident that whatever role they might have expected to perform in the family is likely to be changed , by being alienated from their roots . |
| 22 | The local musicians who had been brought in to entertain us were not allowed to perform in the guest-house , so we provided our own ( less professional ) entertainment by singing and reciting poetry . |
| 23 | Geoff was a sturdy wing-half with a refinement and vision of play which were perhaps a little too sophisticated for the Palace teams of his day , where we were forced to perform in the hurly-burly of the old 3rd Division South , and in the end his career was finished by a nasty knee injury sustained in mid-1952–53 . |
| 24 | Yet the choreography is by a Russian who studied among the Spanish peasants and worked out his design with the help of a particular peasant , a natural dancer , whose passion for dance was such that his life ended tragically when he found he was not to perform in the ballet . |
| 25 | So , at the very last minute we decided to perform on the lawn outside the main building . |
| 26 | Official spokespeople claim the band had not planned to perform on the night , although NME 's source said : ‘ They were definitely going to do the gig , but it was pulled at the first sign of the news breaking . ’ |
| 27 | But any suggestion of confidence in the players ' ability to perform on the field must be tempered by worries over their ability to handle life off it . |
| 28 | The father of the family was not so much concerned about his daughter as about the ‘ Acts of Unity ’ he himself was ordered to perform on the temple 's Altar of Initiation . |
| 29 | Moreover , the covenant to perform on the part of the original lessee is merely a covenant to perform in so far as another party , similarly liable , has not performed or otherwise discharged the obligation . |
| 30 | I will be surprised if more than two or three players will be able to perform to the standard required in a 42-match programme , so it is essential we have a strong squad . ’ |