Sentence examples for promises of joining from inspiring English sources

As for Olympia Snowe, the moderate Republican from Maine, who was known for stringing Democrats along for months with vague promises of joining their legislative efforts, she seemed to have a new demand every time Kerry, Graham, and Lieberman sat down with her.

But officials seem baffled by how to deal with persistent American criticism of border controls between the two countries, and there have been no promises of joining in the creation of what Americans are calling a "security perimeter" around North America, which would entail changes in Canadian immigration and refugee practices.

EU governments know that the security and stability of the western Balkans depends on holding out to countries in the region the promise of joining their club one day.

During partition, the Kashmiri population – the majority of whom is Muslim – was promised a choice of joining either India or Pakistan through a popular vote but this plebiscite never took place.

Of the 15 European Union members, only Britain, Denmark and Sweden have opted to remain aloof from the currency, and all three holdouts have promised referendums on the question of joining.

With Turkey in a deep recession, Mr. Gul and his party came to power less because of their Islamic agenda than because of their economic one, and his promise to push the question of joining the European Union drew wide appeal.

With Croatia's hopes of joining the European Union in 2011 now in jeopardy, he immediately promised an unrelenting campaign against criminals, terrorists and the mafia.

He had also promised to join some of them only not to do so.

On 28 November, Lennon made a surprise guest appearance at Elton John's Thanksgiving concert at Madison Square Garden, in fulfilment of his promise to join the singer in a live show if "Whatever Gets You thru the Night"—a song whose commercial potential Lennon had doubted reached number one.

In the wake of his Nobel win, Satyarthi promised to "join hands" with his fellow laureate.

At the end of his statement, the blogger promised to join other activists on the streets to chant "Down With Military Rule" in the coming days.