Sentences with phrase «several members of the audience»

Several members of the audience I spoke to had some great questions.

During the session, several members of the audience insist that moving to 3D graphics and a more action oriented style of play represent the only hope for the adventure genre to survive in a market dominated by titles such as Quake and Tomb Raider.

The meeting planner warned me that several members of the audience resented being forced to attend these workshops.

Not exact matches

When the Boston Symphony performed Corigliano's Symphony several years ago, it opened an otherwise closed rehearsal only to «those affected with AIDS» and programmed another Corigliano piece, Rage and Remembrance for orchestra and chorus, that invited audience members to come to the stage, ring a bell, and intone the name of someone who had died from AIDS, while Symphony Hall was decked out with pieces of the AIDS quilt....

There are several standard strategies used by broadcasters to obtain the names of audience members which can then be used by their fund - raising sections.

She was one of several audience members to join into the discussion during Wednesday evening's debate.

But he said the issue is tinged with fear, noting that several audience members raised concerns that teens crossing the border might be part of the violent international Mara Salvatrucha gang, or MS - 13.

The speaker came under fire from members of the audience at one point, with advocates attacking her for supporting the hiring of 1,300 new NYPD officers in 2015 and her ongoing parliamentary obstruction of several controversial police reform bills favored by liberals.

Members of the audience applauded several times when doctors on the stage challenged aspects of Theranos technology.

In my seminars, I often describe an accomplishment using «we» to show the members of my academic audience how little it does to help their cases: «In the Smith lab, we do work in the blah - blah field, and we've published, in several high - impact journals, a series of papers showing that blah - blah and blah - blah are interrelated.»

«Bring back the magic lantern,» mutters one respected scientist as a cherished slide reaches escape velocity as it flies across the audience, ricocheting off several elderly members of staff before finally embedding itself in the guest speaker's dentures.

Stopped mid-performance while starring in the 2009 West End production of A View From the Bridge to ask several noisy audience members to leave.

Tone can also be an issue because the Frankenstein's monster of a script pulls the audience in several directions at once, showcasing some deliciously horrifying shenanigans befalling the crew members, before Chris O'Dowd's chucklehead Mundy rips a killer one - liner and deflates most of that tension, much to the film's detriment.

The movie begins in 1986, giving the audience brief back stories of the five core members of N.W.A., while making no mention of any previous band affiliations the members had (of which there are several).

It deals with important issues around fame, fortune and family, with several of the character's circumstances resonating with many audience members.

And The Lobster is a very very funny film, seemingly finding all new ways to be funny that have never been found funny before - I wouldn't want to spoil its dark surprises but let's just say some of its punchlines got several audience members at my screening up on their feet and right out the door with madcap quickness.

While minimal profanities are included, some intense moments of peril as well as several off - screen murders, committed by an entirely unrepentant character, will make this film too frightening for many younger audience members.

They're high school students, taking the stage to argue HB3431, a bill dealing with technology in their schools, in front of an audience of 900 fellow youth city council members, not to mention the several real legislators who might end up actually using these arguments in real committee hearings.

As the public spoke during the comment period, there was loud cheering and applause, booing, continuous snapping of fingers, and derisive remarks made by the audience toward members of the Board; those remarks were primarily dismissive of Board member Brad Noel, who several audience members referred to as «the white woman.»

The final selection he read brought him and several audience members near tears — it was the story of introducing his mother to her idol, Roy Acuff, 50 years after she had attended the show where she met her husband.

However, he is a member of several CNC forums where a buying audience can be found.

Given that the audience was comprised of both lawyers and members of the public, including several media members, the conflicting principles at play over the issue of cameras in the courtroom were carefully teased out.