Sentences with phrase «than spectacular performances»

Having stealthily clawed their way to 9th in the Premier League table, with a sequence of effective rather than spectacular performances, West Ham will seek to build on the resurgent air of optimism at the London Stadium by stamping their authority of today's encounter with West Bromwich Albion.

Not exact matches

The recent embarrassing travails of Australian Agricultural Company and the less - than - spectacular performance of Tassal Group, Tegel Group and Huon Aquaculture Group are reminders of the traps inherent in trying to back the idea that Australia is the food bowl of Asia.
The Blues haven't been winning games in spectacular fashion, but have been winning the majority of their matches of late, and they will be hoping for a better performance this week than in recent weeks also.
Other than Wilshere's good performance we were also treated to another spectacular goal from Olivier Giroud, and for a change he didn't come of the bench to get it!
One could go on to discuss the committed and rather spectacular performance that Miles Teller gives in the role Pazienza, or the cool aesthetic that matches the time period in small, effective ways, but despite the casts best efforts and writer / director Ben Younger's endeavor to paint more a portrait of a man determined to overcome the odds rather than going through the motions of another redemptive sports tale, Bleed for This unfortunately ends up reducing itself to just that.
Starring the bandleader Paul Whiteman, then widely celebrated as the King of Jazz, the film drew from Broadway variety shows of the time to present a spectacular array of sketches, performances by such acts as the Rhythm Boys (featuring a young Bing Crosby), and orchestral numbers overseen by Whiteman himself (including a larger - than - life rendition of George Gershwin's «Rhapsody in Blue»)-- all lavishly staged by veteran theater director John Murray Anderson and beautifully shot in early Technicolor.
In the all - charter district of New Orleans — that Chait described at the 2015 anniversary of Hurricane Katrina as «spectacular» in another defense of charters — virtually no (less than one percent) white students attend schools in that have earned a «D» or «F» performance rating.
The new technology endows the Spyder with spectacular performance and Green Party pleasing efficiency; claimed figures of 94mpg and 70g / km of CO2 emissions mix with a target lap of the Nurburgring Nordschleife in less than 7 min 30 sec, a 198mph top speed and a 0 - 62mph time of 3.2 sec.
Performance from the Partner's diesel engines is decent rather than spectacular.
The end result is even more spectacular performance than its two - door cousin: the Charger SRT Hellcat can reach an astonishing 204 miles per hour, which is five miles per hour more than the Challenger.
On Friday, December 4th (step - off is 6:30 pm sharp) the much anticipated Holiday Parade will once again delight more than 65,000 spectators with giant balloons, magnificent marching bands, fabulous floats, spectacular performance groups, the Holiday Prince and Fairy, and the most anticipated appearance of the season: Santa Claus.
The parade, produced by Downtown Santa Barbara (DSB) and Presented by Consumer Fire Products, Inc., featured more than 85 entries and more than 3,700 participants, including magnificent marching bands, fabulous floats and balloons, spectacular performance groups, Grand Marshal Alan Thicke, the Holiday Prince & Fairy and of course, Santa Claus.
Tate had considered promoting the performance on January 6 — which, without giving anything away, promises to be spectacular — as the main event, rather than the tree itself.
The event was attended by more than 350 art world VIPS who enjoyed a spectacular evening of performances, tomfoolery and high glamour, sponsored by Boucheron.
Strong, safe, light, simple, cheap and with spectacular performance — an electrical vehicle in your future seems more likely than not.
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