Sentence examples for any major breakthroughs from inspiring English sources

I admire him a lot.' " Before she met Mr. Pistorius, Ms. Steenkamp, who had studied law, was living a quiet life, working steadily but without any major breakthroughs.

"It is unrealistic to expect any major breakthroughs in dealing with the diets of impoverished Indians," a correspondent wrote in The New York Times in an article on Oct. 23, 1981.

Two days before Mr. Abbas's visit, Palestinian representatives met Tuesday with top State Department and White House officials to prepare for what they hope will be seen as a successful meeting, even though there was little sign of any major breakthroughs in easing tensions between the Palestinians and Israel.

While this year's round of talks is not expected to produce any major breakthroughs, the fact that the United States is on track to meet its goal of reducing its greenhouse-gas emissions 17 percent below 2005 levels by 2020 and has provided $7.46 billion in international climate assistance over the past three years may give it some leverage with other countries.

Soso hasn't had any major breakthroughs since its inception six years ago.

We have reached a pleasant plateau hardware-wise (barring any major breakthroughs), and divergence in software is now the word.

He added, "Do not expect any major breakthrough".

Analysts are not optimistic about any major breakthrough at those talks.

"It wants to demonstrate a willingness to improve ties with the South in order to obtain concessions from Seoul and others," said Kim, who warned it was premature to expect any major breakthrough.

Etan's parents, Stanley and Julie Patz, who still live in the same loft, at 113 Prince Street, and who have campaigned successfully over the years to raise the national consciousness about missing children, were told about the search for new evidence, but were not expecting any major breakthrough immediately.

As it is nearly impractical to expect any major breakthrough in middle or shallow basins (Tuo 2002), petroleum exploration turning toward deep basins has become inevitable.