Sentence examples for like promises from inspiring English sources

THE predictions sounded like promises: in the future, working hours would be short and vacations long.

They were given incentives like promises of transportation, housing and health care.

Facilities like Promises in Malibu, a home away from home to Matthew Perry and Charlie Sheen, compete on the Internet to court the cream.

Next, at a diner on Prince Street, I sat, a stranger in the crowd, platters on the waitress's arm, like promises about to be kept.

I am also always a fan of lyrics that sound like promises, and I love the promises they seem willing to make, especially here.

The best known — like Promises and Passages, both in Malibu; Cirque Lodge, in Sundance, Utah; and Cottonwood de Tucson, in Arizona — offer such amenities as one-on-one therapy sessions and personal gyms.

The trio were new arrivals to north London in 1991 and the area glowed with spring-like promise.

This Apple-like promise in the enterprise context offers IBM a clear direction out of a persistent slump.

Joint belief in values like promise-keeping is one facet of the Buffett-Munger relationship that makes it unusual.

Mr. Balmer said the group was similar to better known organizations like Promise Keepers or the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.

But the Office of Urban Policy never took off, programs like "Promise Neighborhoods" have been diluted by the political process, and the stimulus money has been spent.