Sentence examples for promising one thing from inspiring English sources

Referring to the Liberal Democrats' pre-election promise to scrap tuition fees, he said: "The experience of student fee election pledge cards provides a salutary reminder of the perils of promising one thing on student finance and then doing another.

"I have a habit of promising one thing and delivering something else.

The Liberals went into the election promising one thing and then sold out their principles the minute the Tories offered them a sniff of power.

Instead, it was as CNN anchor Jake Tapper called it, a "rick roll", analogizing it to the internet practice of sending a email promising one thing and replacing it with a link to the 1987 Rick Astley music video for Never Going to Give You Up.

For Schwarzenegger, a bigger problem is the charge that his acceptance of special-interest money fits a pattern of promising one thing -- in this case to refuse such donations -- and doing another, said Thad Kousser, an assistant political science professor at UC San Diego.

Messier has an unsettling habit of promising one thing and then doing another, often announcing deals in a manner that leads investors to believe they are signed and sealed, only to reveal later that they were no such thing.

Our attorneys actually made a table on page 19-20 to show how they were promising us one thing while conspiring with their PR firm to do exactly the opposite.

Ultimately, it seems Fouladgar-Mercer found the analytics side more promising — for one thing, he said AirPR encountered a number of customers "who wanted the analytics product but didn't necessarily need the marketplace".

Ultimately, it seems Fouladgar-Mercer found the analytics side more promising — for one thing, he said AirPR encountered a number of customers "who wanted the analytics product but didn't necessarily need the marketplace". Plus, going after ongoing analytics customers probably makes more business sense than pursuing one-off marketplace users.

They had better know this: finding another talented receiver among a barrel of promising rookies is one thing.

Promising coordination is one thing; making it work is another.