Sentence examples for To be promised from inspiring English sources

It was not unheard of for South American footballers to be promised a cut of their next transfer fee.

Poor people, who couldn't afford a bicycle at the time of the elections, like to be promised an airport.

Cornwall is so far the only county, and rural area, to be promised a devolution deal, with powers over franchising and improving local bus services.

Captain Turner was neither the first traveller, nor the last, to be promised sight of a unicorn only to discover that wherever he happened to be, it was always somewhere else.

Even as some of their retired colleagues spoke out publicly about Mr. Rumsfeld, other senior officers, retired and active alike, had to be promised anonymity before they would discuss their own views of why the criticism of him was mounting.

Others throughout the government, and even some outsiders who maintain close ties to those in authority, had to be promised anonymity before they would talk about the nuances of military planning.

When an excited woman approached him, there seemed to be promise.

There appears to be promise for Trichoptera larval identification through the use of DNA barcoding.

Anonymity shouldn't be promised to anyone.

The sequel to Girl Online is promised in summer 2015….

This is essentially equivalent to what is promised in the title.