Sentence examples for was first promised from inspiring English sources

It was first promised a rail line in 1890.

"Telecosm," the book, was first promised to readers as far back as 1993.

The second bailout was first promised in October, but agreement has been delayed as international creditors have pressed for more concessions and stricter controls on Greece's government.

This was due to open, 85 years after it was first promised, the same day.A column of irate motorists meanwhile threatened to snarl up the site's approach road.

Most Kurds say their ultimate aim is an independent state, which was first promised to them, and then denied, by the victors of World War I.

Verdict: Turkey was first promised EU membership in 1963 and is a candidate to join the EU, but this is unlikely to happen any time soon.

The funds were first promised at the Copenhagen climate conference six years ago to help poor countries cut carbon pollution and protect their peoples from climate change.

The contracts were first promised in the lead up to the Scottish independence referendum, during which the impact of leaving the UK on the future of shipbuilding on the Clyde was a key issue.

In the past week, a number of Coalition backbenchers have spoken out about the need to revive changes to the act, which were first promised by Tony Abbott ahead of the 2013 election.

At midnight on May 27th the music stopped, without a constitution and with the Maoist former rebels occupying the premiership.The people of Nepal were first promised a democratically drafted constitution 60 years ago, but a constituent assembly came into being only after a Maoist insurgency ended in 2006.

That all-important bulwark against poverty, the minimum wage, is now $7.25 per hour, a result of a bill signed into law by President George W Bush. President Barack Obama, when he was first elected, promised a minimum wage of $9.50 by 2011.