Example sentences of "to perform [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They wanted to reopen Sadler 's Wells with Carmen , Aida , Trovatore , operas they had n't been able to perform during the war . |
| 2 | He introduced Graeme Knox and Jim Mitchell to perform for the Company . |
| 3 | He is about to perform for the Archimage himself . |
| 4 | They were invited to court to perform for the Empress Maria Theresa and Emperor Francis I. |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Julia Snell describes some of the functions they have to perform off the slopes |
| 7 | What is most remarkable about this piece is its level of pathos — the company are battling to perform against the wishes of the big , bad man ( on stilts ) in a suit . |
| 8 | Alfred Walter will conduct flautist David Haslam and harpist Bryn Lewis , who are to perform with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra in a Viennese evening of Strauss and Mozart with the Northern Sinfonia Orchestra at Middlesbrough Town Hall on February 26 . |
| 9 | 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 … |
| 10 | For the same reason an actor is not content to perform before the mirror . |
| 11 | Sometimes famous musicians came to perform in the Lake District . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Women had many tasks to perform in the fields and in the home . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | So , at the very last minute we decided to perform on the lawn outside the main building . |
| 19 | 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 . ’ |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ If you ask the players to perform to the extent that they are expected to entertain the public , they you must pay them as entertainers ’ , was the way former Ireland coach Jimmy Davidson summed up the situation . |
| 25 | At the same time it is a contract : responsibility , authority and accountability are defined by the superior and the individual in his job contracts to perform to the standards set . |
| 26 | On the whole Callaghan 's choice of Crosland was wise : not because he was necessarily better as Foreign Secretary than Roy , but because Roy had an important task to perform at the Home Office where , on the admission of both friend and foe , he was the best Home Secretary of his generation . |
| 27 | From 140 applicants only seven were selected to perform at the audition finals at London 's Wigmore Hall . |
| 28 | Chance to perform at the ALBERT HALL |
| 29 | Other work , such as McCabe and Mrs Miller , The Long Goodbye , and Nashville , although warmly received by the critics , failed to perform at the box office . |
| 30 | The Chippendales were due to perform at the Leisure Centre two years ago . |