1.   Besides assuring financing, a good performance would give the party some seats in the congress that are based on proportional votes.

2.   But his recent on-track performances are giving him some good fodder for his sales pitch.

3.   For one thing, the remarkably adroit performance could give NBC a big bounce in its race to edge out ABC in the evening news ratings.

4.   Her impressive performance here gave her confidence and propelled her into powerfully expressive singing in the accompanied recitative before the first-act finale.

5.   Historical performance has given classical-music music lovers two great gifts.

6.   His performance certainly gave little impression that he was ill.

7.   However, the celestial performance could give scientists a spectacular insight into the workings of both Jupiter and comets.

8.   If, as critics said, his best performances all gave the sense that he was having a lot of fun, it was probably because he was.

9.   Its startling performance gave Jobs the leverage he needed to sweeten a five-picture deal with Disney last year.

10.   Such a performance would give some investors second thoughts about future growth.