I did not intend to fight unless it became necessary in self-defense and in the performance of official duty.

VOA: special.2010.02.15

The researchers developed a mixture of chemicals that interfered with the performance of the enzyme.

VOA: special.2010.04.07

The group does this through the performance of personal stories based on real life experiences.

VOA: special.2009.03.27

A young man with the group sang during the performance.

VOA: special.2010.01.31

Every three years PISA measures the performance of fifteen-year-olds.

VOA: special.2009.07.30

The performance combined dance with song and theater.

VOA: special.2009.08.05

The performance also included live music.

VOA: special.2009.03.11

The performance was at the town hall.

VOA: special.2009.10.04

Assessments of the performance of the national government rose slightly from a similar poll taken a year earlier.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

Of course,many who witnessed Elvis at the International still remember him giving the performance of a lifetime.

VOA: standard.2010.04.30

I want that to be the performance that is seen two years later in the finished film.

VOA: standard.2009.12.19

Each year the Washington-based League of Conservation Voters releases a scorecard that rates the performance of members of Congress on environment and energy issues.

VOA: standard.2010.02.25

The DA also won control of the Western Cape provincial assembly due largely to public satisfaction with the performance of its leader, Helen Zille, as mayor of Cape Town, the country's second largest city.

VOA: standard.2009.04.25

"Sanctions have had a real effect on the performance of our industries, mining manufacturing, we can't get spare parts, we can't get credit lines and we are blocked in regard to aid from the World Bank and IMF."

VOA: standard.2009.09.12