Sentence examples for exorbitant promises from inspiring English sources

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But he has already been limited by exorbitant promises to the two ultra-Orthodox parties, Shas and United Torah Judaism, to restore benefits and roll back other policies designed to push members of their religious communities to join the workforce.Five months ago Mr Netanyahu fired the ministers of the centrist Yesh Atid and Hatnuah parties, accusing them of trying to lead a "putsch" against him.

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Their residents have access to post offices, which offer savings plans for small investors, but nothing like the exorbitant returns promised by the Saradha group.

Human Rights Watch documented the recruitment, in which it said young men and boys were lured with false promises of "exorbitant pay" and claims of United Nations support for the effort.

What with a looming strike, owners requiring emergency loans to pay the exorbitant salaries they had promised, and an All-Star Game that ended in a tie and a nation of outraged fans, Major League Baseball's image is taking a beating these days.

Over the years our authorities have said "just this once" so often that our fragile economy is now hostage to these workers and the exorbitant pensions lawmakers have promised them.

The incompetent, unscrupulous, and dishonest charged exorbitant fees, failed to perform as promised, and engaged in delaying and obstructive tactics in the tribunals before which they appeared.

Spitzer used the term in congressional testimony Nov. 4, in which he called for asset management firms to contractually promise to end the exorbitant premiums they traditionally charge mutual funds to pick stocks and begin charging them no more than pension funds pay for the same services.

The old strip clubs were already in retreat, hounded out by dirty bookshops and video outlets that invariably promised more than they delivered, not to mention the clip joints where lovely ladies would entice you to buy questionable alcohol at exorbitant prices and then disappear, leaving empty promises floating in the air.

The now-dirty word features 14 times in their indictment.Hedge funds dealing in equities have long promised "edge" to justify their exorbitant fees.

In this regard, the Promise can be seen as an exorbitant ante, staked by private funds, that calls to Kalamazoo's better angels.

And there was avarice: despite the promise of free land, Clarkson's successors demanded exorbitant rents.

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