Sentence examples for major promises from inspiring English sources

During his gubernatorial campaign, Long had made two major promises.

And with a big smile, he praised Mexican women for their strength, then publicly signed a poster listing his major promises.

Obama's team takes pride that he has fulfilled three of the five major promises he laid out as pillars of his "new foundation" in an April 2009 speech at Georgetown University — health care, education reform and financial reregulation.

His major promises are to restore the dignity of the Greek people after years of crippling taxes and massive unemployment, bring electricity back to homes of the poorest people, and create new jobs.

Mr. Curry's major promises were a $730 million property-tax cut, increased education aid to cities and towns and a clean government free of the kind of insider favors and politics that he accused Mr. Rowland of perpetuating.

A common agreement is that two hearts shows a good hand with clubs (the cheaper cue-bid for the lower ranking of the minors), two spades guarantees at least a limit raise in diamonds, a jump to three of a major is a splinter bid indicating a singleton in that major with good diamond support, and a leap to four of a major promises a void in that suit and game values in diamonds.

It is a moment of major promise and considerable danger.

During negotiations, Mr Major promised in the Commons that Britain would "fight its corner hard".

With the Nets, Scott will join a team in major transition but one that also holds major promise.

"This is a big problem for Obama, especially because it was such a major, major promise," said Melanie Sloan, executive director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington.

Tax cuts were a major promise in the campaign that brought the Liberals to office in the province in a landslide election win last May.