Sentence examples for promisingly from inspiring English sources

The conversation on the doorstep in Bents Green began so promisingly for Nick Clegg.

The evening had not started promisingly for Arsenal, when Wenger could only name six substitutes.

It had all started quite promisingly for the leader of the opposition.

Thus began the "Great Game", an entirely unnecessary competition for Afghanistan between Russia and Britain, conjured up by armchair polemicists in London.The war began promisingly.

Promisingly, the Chinese bank regulator announced draft rules in May to allow domestic and foreign institutions to set up consumer-finance firms to offer personal loans for consumer-goods purchases.These measures are a modest step in the right direction.

Less promisingly, he has said he prefers North Carolina to Indiana, is registered to vote in Virginia and was a lobbyist for a bailed-out bank.Now Mr Bayh's retirement gives Republicans an opening.

DARWIN'S ATHLETES.By John Hoberman.Houghton Mifflin; 341 pages; $22.95THIS study of race, sport, biology and psychology begins promisingly with the provocative thesis that the athletic superiority of black Americans a superiority which is broadly assumed by their white counterparts causes them more harm than good.

The unilateral ceasefire began promisingly in November, with Pakistan reciprocating by pulling troops back from the line of control.

Less promisingly, big hospital companies also have the clout to drive up health bills.The hospitals' present way of doing business looks untenable.

Promisingly for insurers, more than three-quarters of those who had chosen a health plan had also paid their premiums.However Obamacare still lags in its effort to help the uninsured.

More promisingly, Mr Daley wants to keep pools and parks open late and offer more teenagers summer jobs.