Sentence examples for splendid promises from inspiring English sources

The outgoing government reneged shamefully on its splendid promises for public transport: the next one should be in no doubt that this really matters to us and we are not afraid of radical solutions.

WHEN the train station was erected in Mountain Lakes almost a century ago, the borough's leaders left a message in stone for future dwellers: "That the Mountain Lakes which you shall know, shall have fulfilled the splendid promise of the Mountain Lakes of 1912; that Mountain Lakes in the maturity of her charms shall give to you the pleasure and the joy she has given us in her youth".

Ben Brantley of The New York Times said, "Absolutely splendid...Giving what promise to be the performances of this season, Lily Rabe, as Portia the heiress, and Al Pacino, as Shylock the usurer, invest the much-parsed trial scene of this fascinating, irksome work with a passion and an anger that purge it of preconceptions".

Splendid eccentricities are also promised, including Beckett burgers in the butcher's (surprisingly humorous with a bitter aftertaste?), Clov and Hamm sandwiches in a local cafe and Beckett haircuts from all the barbers on the main street.

On a steamy Friday evening, splendid air conditioning and the promise of a bargain drew hundreds of shoppers to Hong Kong's Causeway Bay district.

The final will take place tomorrow and it promises to be a splendid contest.

Running from October 13 to 21, this promises to be a splendid affair.