Sentence examples for lofty prediction from inspiring English sources

Linda Stone, a former vice president at Microsoft and veteran of many TED conferences, had a less lofty prediction: "For the last 20 years, we had an ideal that was all about having these exciting virtual connections that enhanced our productivity, our connectivity, our opportunity," said Ms. Stone, who is working on a book about how social cycles affect business.

"The problem arising from lofty predictions is not just that they spread unwarranted optimism," he said.

Sears had started his career late, and there were no lofty predictions for him and Boxwell.

The cargo program also offers reason for caution because companies do not always meet their lofty predictions.

And he has helped the Nets meet the lofty predictions they made, already matching the franchise record for longest winning streak to start a season.

To give a sense of the lofty predictions, an ITV preview a couple of days before the match centred on whether England could win the tournament.

"It will never make Hartford into what Baltimore is," he added, contradicting some of the more lofty predictions heard at the Capitol lately, "but it might make Hartford into what Providence has become".

But the networks must negotiate some important hurdles first if such lofty predictions are to come true.Location-based networking won an important convert recently in the shape of Facebook.

Those of us closer to the leading edge know that in their current state, wearables have next to no chance of attaining these lofty predictions.

Though lofty predictions for online gambling have been scaled back a recent Bear Stearns report estimates that gaming sites will pull in between $4 billion and $5 billion worldwide in 2003 (earlier studies by various organizations said total revenue would reach $10 billion by 2005)–there is no denying that those who want to gamble online will find a way.

After a week of grandstanding to local media, calling himself the next Roman Abramovich (the Russian billionaire who spent a small fortune upgrading yet another British soccer team Chelsea) and making lofty predictions for the coming season, Al Fahim was abruptly sidelined, and the real buyer was revealed to be billionaire and brother to Abu Dhabi ruler, Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahayan.