1.   For many teachers therefore written language is equated with literary language, with the polished performance of narrative, drama or poetry.

2.   The prosody of Dame Sirith may be unobtrusive, but as such it represents a smooth and polished performance that itself contributes to the tone of the work.

3.   An already polished performance from the entire cast was capped by a human triumph.

4.   And we get a highly polished performance from Gloria Foster, so polished that I found it gilded and showy.

5.   Her reviews were mixed in the park, but when the production moved to Broadway, critics picked up on her more polished performance.

6.   Laura Dern gives the most polished performance of her young career as a glue-sniffing, pregnant homeless gal.

7.   Polished performances by the Concora ensemble proved her point in sound.

8.   Watts gave a polished performance, much rehearsed and professionally lighted before a live audience in the stately Library of Congress.

9.   Yet The Seasons, as the orchestra is known, walked away without a kopeck to show for its polished performance.

10.   A polished performance by Jiang will raise his credibility at home and give him further leverage over critics in the Communist Party.