21.   Now his performance has gone from first to worst.

22.   Remember that no matter what you may say to your boss, your performance is going to speak much louder.

23.   Sooner or later, her performance is going to drop too.

24.   Such performance does not go unnoticed.

25.   The exceptional performances go a long way toward shading characters who might easily have been painted in black- and- white.

26.   The government has a set of exams meant to solve this problem and show if performance is truly going up.

27.   The performances went smoothly, though backstage brawls made some bellicose rhetoric come true.

28.   The performance went off splendidly, standing ovation, all that.

29.   The performances have been going off with few hitches.

30.   The strike was not universally popular, and many dancers hung about Friday night, hoping the performance would go on.