| Plus, I really want to get weaving on my Van Gogh piece but I promised myself I would sample the various permutations prior to starting. |
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| This accord also promised greater recognition of Kanak land rights and economic integration for Kanak. |
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| He had, rather rashly, promised that none of the money raised would be spent on administration. |
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| It was all wind and hot air as they promised to smash the state, smash the administration, smash this, smash that. |
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| Presidential aides have promised to review the attack to see what lessons, if any, might be learned from the incident. |
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| He has courageously promised to drive up student test scores in core skills such as reading and math. |
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| Text-messaging is crude when compared with video transmission and other whizzy technology promised by next-generation wireless networks. |
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| She even promised to give him anything he wanted if he went without meat for a week. |
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| If they kept these laws they were going to be victorious and happy in their promised land. |
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| He has promised that if anything should happen to me, he will try to ensure sure that you are well treated. |
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| He promised to repudiate henceforth Weismannist formal genetics and blamed his teachers for his past errors. |
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| However we had to get going as I'd promised to pop into work briefly to check out my new laptop. |
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| He has promised to familiarise himself with the Academy and sort out pre-season friendlies as quickly as possible. |
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| Billy gives the silver cup to his older sisters and the gold cup to his younger sister, just as promised. |
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| At West Dean they used yellow and orange kniphofias to tremendous effect and I have promised myself to grow more. |
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| He remembers, in his first run for office, being promised more votes from the area than was actuarily possible. |
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| Carole found out what was going on and almost left him, but Merritt promised to quit and kept his word after the Vegas fight. |
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| I've delivered her a stern rebuke and promised I'll be back to conduct regular inspections. |
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| The bar's owner, to the delight of his patrons, promised to stay open as long as the power from his generator held out. |
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| As promised, since it's that time of year, here are my Ten To Follow for the Flat season ahead. |
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| The council promised to mount a massive clean-up job and renew lighting panels at the subway on Friday. |
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| Both Bush and Allawi affirmed on Thursday that elections would be held as promised. |
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| The city had promised those who worked there that they would get other jobs once that grim task ended. |
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| He also promised that he would get an aitchbone of beef for all the family weddings. |
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| The next day, he promised a judicial inquiry into the cause of the accident. |
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| Council leader Smith has promised an abatement of problems in the Purfleet area caused by hundreds of heavy lorries. |
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| He has waffled on doing away with the Patriot Act, courted the gun lobby and promised vigorous dialogue with the right. |
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| It is really immaterial how much we are promised about the good intentions of the new owners. |
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| Officials from the town hall were called in to investigate and promised that the clock would be keeping good time again as soon as possible. |
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| At a time which promised financial abundance and security we find ourselves, depressed, stressed, suicidal, darker and heavier than ever before. |
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| The final promised to be a quality affair and as matters unfolded it proved to be one of pace versus pace. |
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| And he promised the abutters his project will not aggravate their problems with pre-Title 5 septic systems and low-level wells. |
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| With a swirling wind driving into their faces, the second-half promised to be a stiffer test for City's defensive resolve and so it proved. |
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| He has raised a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David, as he promised through holy prophets long ago. |
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| It promised such delights as swordfish, chicken jalfrezi, roast duckling, pasta and vegetarian dishes, to name but a few. |
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| The jobs would go through natural wastage, such as retirement, and nobody would be forced to leave, trust chiefs have promised. |
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| The Treasury has promised that the first Child Trust Fund accounts will be up and running by April 2005 at the latest. |
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| The new account executive conceded that there were problems and promised to work with Continental to solve them. |
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| Ben, you see, has been promised a job as the water bailiff if they get planning permission to turn the quarry into a trout fishery. |
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| When I saw it first last year, I promised to uncork a jeroboam of superlatives for its UK release. |
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| If you've promised to send me money for a t-shirt, please get the ackers to me soon. |
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| The county council has taken all our views on board and promised it will do its best to accommodate the wishes of the village within reason. |
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| General Cunningham had promised that he would not leave Jerusalem until the last minute and he was as good as his word. |
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| The ministry had promised earlier to fully refund the money that the would-be pilgrims had paid several months earlier. |
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| For some reason he ranted on and on about the fact that they'd been promised a move to new offices, and it wouldn't happen. |
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| Americans are still expecting to see the fruits of George W Bush's promised tax cuts trickle down over the next few years. |
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| Mr Egan was on the cusp of a career in which he promised to be devoted to farming and agriculture. |
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| If other teachers have been placed in the promised grade it simply means that even those on the Copperbelt will eventually be graded accordingly. |
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| This was the man who had promised the Council of the Wise that he could bring me to heel. |
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| His motive was that his employer, having promised him the tenancy of the Dolaucothi Arms, had gone back on his word. |
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| It promised ruthless pragmatism about means, but has become dogmatic in its advocacy of the private sector. |
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| He further alleged that he was unable to collect a promised refund from the manufacturer. |
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| I think that he is sticking to his word and holding the line on the tax cuts that he promised to give. |
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| Hydrogen bombs promised yields measured in megatons rather than the kilotons of fission bombs. |
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| When next year came, the promised work ethic didn't, and he decided to leave university. |
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| The promised decision date of August 31 came and went without any announcement. |
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| We will keep on at them until they release financial figures which they promised in the first place. |
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| Wilkens, the NBA's all-time winningest coach, is at his best guiding a group of veterans eager for someone to point the way to the promised land. |
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| The government ransomed the Philadelphia's crew, and Tripoli promised not to attack American ships. |
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| He is expected to receive a less than rapturous reception despite massive investment in the health service promised in last week's Budget. |
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| The long-term funding gap facing Social Security is large because promised benefits exceed payroll tax receipts by trillions of dollars. |
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| He promised to make the public administration, the civil service here, run more smoothly, and simplify it. |
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| Tesco and Waitrose have also promised to cut the use of such fats in own-brand food. |
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| Last July he promised to get tough on British prices if they were seen as uncompetitive. |
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| The lines of communications there were focused through Seoul, and the recapture of the city promised dramatic results. |
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| Hans had promised him that the machine would work this time and now was the time to prove it. |
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| The city had been under insurgent control since April and its recapture was seen as essential to organizing the promised January elections. |
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| Then I grew up and realized that not much has changed, only that now you're promised gold at the end of the rainbow if you work hard enough. |
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| They had a whip-round and have given me the money I paid for the set to the stallholder, who had promised to deliver it to my home but never turned up. |
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| Legislative whips from across party lines promised the speaker they would ask their colleagues not to use foreign languages on the legislative floor. |
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| A former aircraft engineer, Sayer used the wind tunnel at RAF Farnborough to come up with a design that promised high-speed stability as well as low drag. |
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| We look forward to seeing recompiled applications run through the same benchmark, and word is that these do deliver the promised speed advantages. |
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| For Leopold, in particular, wilderness recreation, in the tradition of woodcraft, promised to foster a self-sufficient, intimate knowledge of nature. |
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| The exact location of the bar and shop is currently under wraps, but Mr Batchelor has promised to unveil his long-awaited stadium designs before the end of the season. |
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| The song was an anticlimactic ending to a shareholder meeting that had initially promised fireworks. |
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| The mirror-image systems of communism and fascism promised to solve problems quickly through command and control. |
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| Once the book was done, he promised Ina, they would finally take the trip to France they had desired for so long. |
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| For example, Sharif has promised to build a bullet train from Karachi to Lahore without explaining how he would pay for it. |
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| Following the elections and with no sign of the promised agrarian reforms, movements in the countryside joined the insurrectionary situation in the cities. |
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| Having promised to join in the celebrations and wave to his mum if his team won, the Rangers boss was doubtless wishing this ever-improving campaign would never end. |
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| Sergei's comrades there are still waiting for the armored personnel carriers promised by the defense ministry months ago, he says. |
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| The defence Ministry wanted the land, the Railways promised to return it, 43 families were suddenly homeless. |
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| A more sporting chassis is promised, thanks to a new three-link front suspension, rack-and-pinion steering and modified independent multi-link rear set up. |
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| Other scientists have promised to produce human clones within the year. |
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| The manager promised to investigate when we pointed out an error on our bill. |
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| President Johnson promised a War on Poverty, driven by a wizardly new Keynesian confidence that an economy of unprecedented abundance could deliver more groceries to everyone. |
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| When the Internet was young and art was old, as has actually remained the case, we were promised new ways of communicating. |
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| We have been promised jam tomorrow but we have never got it. |
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| Tom ended his recount of the events leading up to the murder there but promised that more on the saga would be revealed on February 4 at the Boys' School. |
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| That agreement resulted in Pyongyang's accession to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, but in the end Moscow did not build the promised reactors. |
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| The promised referendum on independence has never materialised. |
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| Issa once promised that he would release all the transcripts of his closed-door proceedings. |
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| He has promised me he will do it and he has never gone back on a promise. |
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| As a young woman, her sister was promised to Luthor Tyrell, while her betrothed was a Targaryen. |
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| They all promised to support the free aftercare campaign for the elderly. |
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| Chickens are not being counted but fingers are crossed for the promised white-out and perhaps even some snow pictures of a more impressive nature! |
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| The charismatic bearded revolucionario dressed in a dark olive uniform promised to restore order and hold elections. |
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| Well, it's been a long time coming and a long time promised but what say we splash a bit of spring water in the two combatants, release the aromas and let the taste off begin? |
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| Hanks plays the part of Chuck Noland, a troubleshooting exec with FedEx, obsessed with all those jillions of packages being delivered at the time promised. |
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| Chesapeake promised Drake one-eighth the value of whatever it made from his well. |
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| In Britain, the governing Conservative party has promised a referendum on leaving the European Union altogether. |
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| Ballina is agog with excitement as it waits for the start this coming weekend of what is promised to be one of the best Festival and Arts Weeks ever in the North Mayo capital. |
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| I was here introduced to several old Kirkmen, who requested I would hold a service in their church on my return, which I promised to do if time and circumstances would permit. |
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| He also said he would seek reconfirmation of his presidential bid from the party as he promised before and follow the party's decision about the confidence procedures. |
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| Arias, who had promised to respect the hierarchy of the National Guard, broke the pact and started a large restructuring of the Guard. |
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| The military justified itself by declaring that Arias Madrid was trying to install a dictatorship, and promised a return to constitutional rule. |
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| The king, who was soon to leave for Italy, was impressed at his accounts and promised his support for the conquest of Peru. |
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| Long before, however, each conquistador had promised to equally split the benefits. |
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| According to the Spanish envoy's demands, Atahualpa offered to fill a large room with gold and promised the Spanish twice that amount in silver. |
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| In 1551 the tsar sent his envoy to the Nogai Horde and they promised to maintain neutrality during the impending war. |
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| In response to foreign concerns the government has promised to tighten regulation of its offshore financial centre. |
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| Not only was there still no sign of the promised economic recovery, but their presentational skills lapsed into farce. |
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| On December 16, the Times reported that if the promised weather change came, Robert would likely take off the next day. |
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| He then departed to wait, with impatience, for the next day, and the promised appointment. |
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| The country, too, which had been the promised land of my boyhood, did not, like most promised lands, disappoint me. |
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| Buhari promised major reforms, but his government fared little better than its predecessor. |
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| Luther made certain concessions to the Saxon, who was a relative of the Elector, and promised to remain silent if his opponents did. |
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| In the first covenant, a covenant of works, Adam and his descendants were promised life on the condition of perfect obedience. |
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| Lutherans believe Jesus is the Christ, the savior promised in the Old Testament. |
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| After she was married, her husband promised to pay the debt but the loan was determined to be past consideration. |
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| Bracton explained that it was a terrible sin to seek a writ of prohibition when one had promised not to seek one. |
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| Because the British promised slaves of rebels freedom for fighting with them, escaped slaves flocked north to join their lines. |
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| In November, the States General promised Louis never to conclude a separate peace with England. |
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| The promised English subsidies having remained largely hypothetical, Von Galen made peace with the Republic in April at Cleves. |
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| The army recruiter promised that I'd see the world and learn useful skills if I enlisted. |
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| The Creek promised to join any body of 'troops that should aid them in regaining their lands, and suggesting an attack on the tower off Mobile. |
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| There has been protest regarding state grants and tax relief promised to GE prior to their decision to move their headquarters to Boston. |
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| Siddhartha rejected the offer but promised to visit his kingdom of Magadha first, upon attaining enlightenment. |
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| The only reason they agreed to publish it is because they promised their younger brother, Norman, a project. |
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| The authorities released them when they promised to marry and to support the reforms. |
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| As a result of the Easter Crisis, the king promised to no longer interfere in politics. |
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| Following representations by the council in 1867 the MR promised to build a through line within two years. |
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| But for now, it's hard not to feel like the space age is over. It never really looked anything like the Jetsons promised. |
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| We are promised lots of screaming, itsy bitsy teeny weeny bikinis and snappy special effects. |
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| The rust has attacked the fields which promised the fairest, and they are left unreaped, to feed the quails and the prairie-hens. |
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| The listing for Loop 2.4.3 had promised that a waterphone would be featured. |
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| Planned Parenthood, which operates the state's sole abortuary, has promised to file suit, setting up an anticipated Supreme Court challenge. |
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| But he has promised to return to the micro-blogging world once he has completed a follow-up to his autobiography Moab Is My Washpot. |
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| However, he promised to return once he has finished a follow-up to his 1997 autobiography Moab Is My Washpot. |
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| However, he has promised to return to the micro-blogging world once he has completed a follow-up to his autobiography, Moab Is My Washpot. |
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| Before she left for Beijing, he promised her the pounds 460 hand-made Italian shoes, appropriately made out of watersnake, if she won gold. |
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| The casualty department at the QEII in Welwyn Garden City is the last to shut of 35 promised a reprieve by David Cameron. |
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| This online windbaggery will not help us much in gauging whether our governance of schools is going forward, as promised. |
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| I promised to return the Zimmer frame to Fiona Daglish, the senior physiotherapist who looked after me. |
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| He promised himself that no matter what happened he would not do the tongue-lolling thing. |
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| Both candidates promised tax relief for middle-class families. |
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| In a postscript to her letter, she promised to write again soon. |
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| They simply cannot deliver what they promised. Nor will an affronted, alienated Brussels help them do so. |
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| Alternative healers also espoused a decidedly antisurgical bias, and many promised cures that avoided the knife. |
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| The CEO made a public apology for the scandal, and promised full cooperation with the authorities. |
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| The sky now belonged to the Soviets, and the befinned automobiles that promised to take consumers there seemed silly and indulgent. |
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| I was somewhat distant lately, and my lady promised me head every Tuesday of the week when I'm nice to her, so I better be on my best. |
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| I have promised to be with the sweet bully early in the morning of her important day. |
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| The tour promised spiritual experiences with humpback whales and other cetaceans, but all we saw were seagulls and a dead sea otter. |
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| Then she had not chidden him for the use of that familiar salutation, nor did she chide him now, though she was promised to another. |
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| Gillespie was reminded he had promised to join team-mate Matthew Hayden in a nude lap of the ground if he converted his century into a double. |
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| I mean I'd banked on getting that permission, I'd as near as dammit been promised I'd get it. Can you wonder I was fed up to my back teeth? |
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| Mira, who thought the Colts did him dirty by not activating him as they promised, did not call back. |
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| Love of truth was inculcated by Essaism, as by Parsism and Buddhism, and was promised by an oath. |
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| But at long last the summer, high summer, was upon them, with the promised arrival of the four firstcomers to the old manor house. |
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| Soothlie, we never maie cease of our willing, ne of our loving, Until we have Him in the fullhead of joye that is promised. |
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| Money's pouring in somewhere, because Churchgate's got lovely new stone setts, and a cultural quarter is promised. |
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| The king heard of his expeditions in lands rich in gold and silver and promised to support him. |
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| And her home-set perm looked, as the commercial had promised, like it had been done in a salon. |
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| Pompey and Crassus were promised the consulship in 55 BC, and Caesar's term as governor was extended for five years. |
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| His sometime rival Severus promised him the title of Caesar in return for Albinus's support against Pescennius Niger in the east. |
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| William argued that Edward had previously promised the throne to him, and that Harold had sworn to support William's claim. |
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| Isaac surrendered and was confined with silver chains, because Richard had promised that he would not place him in irons. |
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| This was Geoffrey's dying wish and he had ordered that he be left without sepulture until Henry promised. |
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| In exchange for Philip's help against his father, Richard promised to concede to him his rights to both Normandy and Anjou. |
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| Isaac surrendered and was confined with silver chains because Richard had promised that he would not place him in irons. |
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| Henry VIII promised the rebels he would pardon them and thanked them for raising the issues. |
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| The outcome was the Treaty of Nonsuch of August 1585, in which Elizabeth promised military support to the Dutch. |
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| The military campaign was severely hampered by Elizabeth's repeated refusals to send promised funds for her starving soldiers. |
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| He offered a wide amnesty to participants of the insurrection, and promised to name Arabs to high positions in his government. |
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| He also promised a large public works program of new ports, railroads, and roads. |
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| Charles, however, promised Strafford that he would not sign the attainder, so it could not be passed. |
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| In February, Charles had made a deal with the French King Louis XIV, who promised to support him against the Whigs. |
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| Ending jizya lifted a real burden on the poor, and promised, at least symbolically, a greater equality between the followers of different faiths. |
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| Frederick William of Prussia initially promised to help the Austrians, but reneged before conflict began. |
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| This was rejected by Napoleon, who stated he had promised his ally Austria this would not happen. |
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| Although Roosevelt had promised to keep the United States out of the war, he nevertheless took concrete steps to prepare for war. |
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| Money promised for children's mental health services is not reaching frontline services and instead is being used to offset cuts elsewhere. |
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| She has promised social reform and a more centrist political outlook for the Conservative Party and its government. |
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| Cameron promised that, before expanding UK air strikes to include IS units in Syria, he would seek parliamentary approval. |
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| Good quality homes promised deliverance from the problems of illegitimacy, divorce, larrikinism, wife-desertion, general immorality and crime. |
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| The Report came in the midst of war, and promised a reward for the sacrifices undertaken by everyone. |
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| Instead, he promised never to grant the title to a third party, and incorporated it back into the crown. |
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| William Pitt the Younger, the Prime Minister, had promised emancipation to accompany the Act. |
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| It encouraged the rejection of harsh, rigid Calvinism, and promised a new blossoming of American culture. |
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| Residents were promised that the allotments would be returned, and they eventually were. |
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| The Italian bid offered the largest cities and stadiums in the country and promised a fast domestic train system. |
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| In January 2015 Labour's Shadow Chancellor promised the delivery of a Cornish assembly in the next parliament if Labour are elected. |
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| He had a headache so bad that he wished he was dead, but it was the sort of migraine that promised him he would continue to suffer but not die. |
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| He promised Robert and Maurice the town of Wexford and two neighbouring cantreds. |
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| The Coalition also promised to introduce law on the reform of the House of Lords. |
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| The British recruited slaves belonging to Patriot masters and promised freedom to those who served by act of Lord Dunmore's Proclamation. |
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| Some of the men promised freedom were sent back to their masters, after the war was over, out of political convenience. |
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| Roosevelt to postpone the promised invasion as, even with American help, the Allies did not have adequate forces for such an activity. |
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| Sarah Brennan of YoungMinds said new money promised by the government will only reach a third of those who need it. |
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| The Jamaican Labour Party, which opposed the changes, won the election and has promised to hold a referendum on the issue. |
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| In the last round of world trade negotiations rich countries promised to cut agricultural subsidies. |
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| Anders argued that he could not advise the soldiers to return to Poland unless the Polish Government promised elections this spring. |
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| Instead it was the Conservatives who decried the inefficiency and mismanagement, and promised to reverse the takeover of steel and trucking. |
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| He begins as a wanderer, aimless on a sea he does not understand, and ends as a pilgrim, crossing a final mountain to enter the promised land. |
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| The new copyright laws introduced in the 18th and 19th centuries promised royalties on all future editions. |
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| He had them build huge walls around the city and promised to reward them well, a promise he then refused to fulfill. |
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| Shortly King Robert returned to Scotland and management of his own kingdom, but promised more aid and more volunteers to help his brother. |
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| From York, a city that James had promised to capture before Michaelmas, the body was brought to Sheen Priory near London. |
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| She promised not to send any French troops into Perth if the Protestants evacuated the town. |
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| To bolster numbers, the British promised freedom and grants of land to slaves who fought for them. |
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| The electoral address had promised Home Rule and the disestablishment of the Scottish and Welsh Churches. |
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| Another point of contention was the crusade, which Frederick had promised but repeatedly postponed. |
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| In exchange Japan promised not to launch any attacks in Southeast Asia and to withdraw its forces from southern Indochina. |
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| In 2004 both ADC and Canon had closed their Glenrothes operations with the promised jobs growth never materialising to any substantial level. |
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| In 2010 Royal Bank of Scotland promised not to close bank branches where they were the last in town. |
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| The issue of credit notes is often for a limited duration, and at some discount to the promised amount later. |
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| The result was a formal treaty that promised French aid to Owain and the Welsh. |
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| More important was the voters' evaluation of Lloyd George in terms of what he had accomplished so far and what he promised for the future. |
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| Duke William claimed that he had been promised the throne by King Edward and that Harold had sworn agreement to this. |
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| Usually, the lord also promised to provide for the vassal in some form, either through the granting of a fief or by some other manner of support. |
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| In return the liege lord promised to protect and remain loyal to his vassal. |
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| Henry promised to abide by the Great Charter of 1225, which limited royal power and protected the rights of the major barons. |
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| The king promised Llywelyn that if the charges were found true, he would be hanged. |
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| The beach looked like a small swatch of an industrial wasteland.... He had promised me a crowd-free break that was off the grid, and here it was. |
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| As part of this agreement John was promised the future inheritance of Savoy, Piedmont, Maurienne, and the other possessions of Count Humbert. |
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| Elpenor's ghost told Odysseus to bury his body, which Odysseus promised to do. |
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| However, a famine broke out and Rome was unwilling to supply them with either the food they were promised or the land. |
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| The Bolsheviks made peace with the German Empire and the Central Powers, as they had promised the Russian people prior to the Revolution. |
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| Diamond Shoals, a bank of shifting sand ridges hidden beneath the turbulent sea off Cape Hatteras, has never promised safe passage for ships. |
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| Rhode Island started enlisting slaves in 1778, and promised compensation to owners whose slaves enlisted and survived to gain freedom. |
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| Owners often promised to free slaves in the future to encourage slaves to work hard. |
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| Reports on the pitiful state of many prisons have finally percolated through to the Home Office, which has promised to look into the situation. |
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| At one point a county councillor even threatened to withdraw promised funds if the dockyard site became more than an interim solution. |
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| Caesar promised mercy if the Aduatuci surrendered, so the Aduatuci opened their gates and made show of laying down some weapons. |
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| Octavian sent only a tenth of those promised, however, which Antony viewed as an intentional provocation. |
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| The government promised Sami indemnification, which was not acted upon by government. |
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| The Russians also promised tax deductions if the Orthodox Karelians migrated there. |
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| The Golden Horde promised Kublai their assistance to defeat Kaidu whom Mentemu called the rebel. |
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| In October 2011, elections were held to the Consultative Assembly, to which Sultan Qaboos promised greater powers. |
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| He promised he would allow the Emperor and any other inhabitants to leave with their possessions. |
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| Mehmed II had promised to his soldiers three days to plunder the city, to which they were entitled. |
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| The pope promised them the same indulgences that he had promised to those who chose to join the First Crusade. |
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| His ships now filled with spices, Cabral decides not to visit Quilon, as he had earlier promised, but to make way back home to Portugal. |
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| In return the British promised to protect Bahrain from all aggression by sea and to lend support in case of land attack. |
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| More importantly the British promised to support the rule of the Al Khalifa in Bahrain, securing its unstable position as rulers of the country. |
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| That year the Dutch promised the natives of Mindanao that they would return in 1649 with aid in support of a revolt against the Spanish. |
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| In 1832, the Treaty of Payne's Landing promised to the Seminoles lands west of the Mississippi River if they agreed to leave Florida. |
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| Leader Michael Howard promised t o scrap the current council tax reevaluation to save seven million households from higher bills. |
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| Kobold accepted the challenge and even promised them he would raise funds for the Navy Seals Warrior Fund. |
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| At Christmas time, after he has promised his mother he would return home for a visit, Cal reneges on his promise. |
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| Sky said there was a problem with the signal and promised to send out a repairman to fix the dish. |
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| Dear Miriam MY new neighbour has two children and has asked me to babysit several times but hasn't paid me what she promised. |
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| President Asif Ali Zardari has apologised for excesses against Baloch people in the past and promised to resole their grievances. |
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| In 1970, Mr Jennings again raised the issue of pollution through Burton, the River Tame continuing to be a source of the problem, and further improvements were promised. |
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| Oscar Wilde, a critical study had been prepared under the guidance of publisher Martin Secker, but Granville had promised better returns and a guaranteed and steady income. |
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| Mr Nightingale promised to enquire into the state of Mr Fitzpatrick's wound, and likewise to find out some of the persons who were present at the rencounter. |
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| They simply cannot deliver what they promised. Nor will an affronted, alienated Brussels help them do so. Rejigged single market access? Forget it. |
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| Expectation damages are awarded to put the party in as good of a position as the party would have been in had the contract been performed as promised. |
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| That is to say that if nothing is given for the promise of something to be given in return, that promise is not legally binding unless promised as a deed. |
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| These all anticipated Jesus Christ, the promised Messiah, and were sufficient to give the elect of that time forgiveness of sins and eternal salvation. |
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| The infallibility promised to the Church resides also in the body of Bishops, when that body exercises the supreme magisterium with the successor of Peter. |
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| Rapid action to improve tax collection has been promised, but a lack of progress in reining in spending could bring the exchange rate under pressure. |
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| Thus, the etymological clarification and reform of American English promised to improve citizens' manners and thereby preserve republican purity and social stability. |
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| On November 11 Van der Hagen reached a political agreement to trade at Kozhikode and Ponnani and promised the Zamorin help against the Portuguese. |
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| In 1700 several hundred French Huguenots migrated from England to the colony of Virginia, where the English Crown had promised them land grants in Lower Norfolk County. |
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| In the resulting treaty, Henry promised to deliver Ceuta back to the Marinids in return for allowing the Portuguese army to depart unmolested, which he reneged on. |
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| Vall, promised to abide by the referendum and relinquish power peacefully. |
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| However, as the military has sought to become a completely professional force, the government has promised to reduce mandatory military service or abolish it completely. |
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| The only part of the Empire that Louis was not promised was Italy, which Charlemagne specifically bestowed upon Pippin's illegitimate son Bernard. |
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| Thus Zeno sought to destroy Odoacer and promised Theoderic the Great and his Ostrogoths the Italian peninsula if they were to defeat and remove Odoacer. |
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| Octavian was left to decide where in Italy to settle the tens of thousands of veterans of the Macedonian campaign, whom the triumvirs had promised to discharge. |
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| Napoleon III, nephew of Napoleon I, returned to France from exile in 1848, bringing a famous name that promised to stabilize the chaotic political situation. |
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| Honda Motor Co. is the latest victim of e-mail perfidy, which started when a phony chain letter promised that the automaker would give away free cars. |
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| The city of York opened its gates to him only after he promised that he had just come to reclaim his dukedom, as Henry Bolingbroke had done seventy years earlier. |
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| Otto, prior to his accession, had promised to help John recover his lost possessions in France, but circumstances prevented him from making good on his promise. |
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| Maelon returned her feelings but they could not be together for her father forbade the marriage and her father had already promised her to someone else. |
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| In the last two decades, North Korea has on various occasions conducted highly provocative missile and nuclear tests and promised to turn Seoul into a sea of fire. |
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| Huddersfield businesswomen have been promised a red letter day this week. |
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| During the election campaign Labour had promised to halt rail closures if elected, but they quickly backtracked, and later oversaw some of the most controversial closures. |
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| The War Cabinet promised to monitor progress and casualties and, if necessary call a halt, although in the event they made little effort to monitor progress until September. |
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| The economic benefits of Union which had been promised by proponents of the Act were slow to materialise, causing widespread discontent amongst the population. |
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| This was promised to Sikh leader Master Tara Singh by Jawaharlal Nehru, in return for Sikh political support during negotiations for Indian independence. |
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| The Lords of the Congregation negotiated their withdrawal from Edinburgh by the Articles of Leith signed 25 July 1559, and Mary of Guise promised freedom of conscience. |
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| He also envisioned a car with a high beltline and exaggerated forms that visually suggested power, and at the same time promised solidity and security. |
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| The Turks also named Hassan Emir of the Somali nation, and the Germans promised to officially recognize any territories the Dervishes were to acquire. |
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| In August 1794, Imlay departed for London and promised to return soon. |
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| Practically every basketball player in the city has promised to attend the benefit smoker at the Neighborhood House gym, Tenth and Galapago, Monday night. |
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| Swift's next move was to approach King William directly, based on his imagined connection through Temple and a belief that he had been promised a position. |
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| While the British government promised to create legislation encouraging the language as part of the 2006 St Andrews Agreement, it has yet to do so. |
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| The Labour Party was implacably opposed to it and promised to renationalise the railways when they got back into office as and when resources allowed. |
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| November, 1943 If ever, Cortney Anders promised himself, I get out of this mother of a thunderstorm there is a thing I will do if it is the last act of my life. |
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| The city was a haven for Loyalist refugees and escaped slaves who joined the British lines for freedom newly promised by the Crown for all fighters. |
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| In late November, O'Neill promised the civil rights movement some concessions, but these were seen as too little by nationalists and too much by loyalists. |
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| The coalition government during the war, headed by Churchill and Attlee, signed off on a series of white papers that promised Britain a much improved welfare state. |
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| Afroth with ambition, the new owners have already promised to win the Premier League, the Champions League and probably the Glenrothes by-election too. |
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| It promised to purchase any surplus steel Tata could not otherwise sell. |
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| It is believed that Edward had promised the crown to William. |
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| They were also promised to be exempted from relegation for three years. |
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| Leeds performed badly under Venables, and other players were sold to repay the loans, including Jonathan Woodgate, who Ridsdale had promised Venables would not be sold. |
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