That s a promising start.

On that front, there are promising signs.

Initial efforts have already produced promising results.

The first is energy conservation through more fuel efficient vehicles.

The talks with Kim Jong il and his collaborators seemed promising.

Dialogue seemed like a promising strategy just ten days earlier, Abdullah had announced a promising reform agenda for the country.

Yet the implementation prospects are far from promising.

The most promising technology in the long term is solar power.

The technique is promising, but the initial air separation step demands a lot of energy.

Other promising avenues for leveraging resources and results for children will be assessed.

On the one hand, there have been promising announcements in the areas of foreign debt and official development assistance.

This initiative, and the three G 20 summits that have followed, mark a promising start.

When this began, the new medium looked very promising and exciting it also looked somehow exclusive.

Iran certainly regarded the meeting as a propaganda opportunity, promising wide media coverage at a time when it was in the eye of a diplomatic hurricane.

Johnson was a promising football prospect, and received offers from many Division I collegiate programs.

The new partnerships and distribution of tasks put forward by the Inter Agency Standing Committee were a promising step.

Belarus already has a budding software industry that reports net annual revenues of 300 million.

Raussendorf, Harrington, and Goyal have studied one model, with promising simulation results.

Education, health, environment and, especially, girls and young women are some of the areas in which promising progress has been made.

These techniques are promising but lack the reliability and validity necessary to be used as a reference for clinical purposes.

The establishment of legal liability for using trafficked persons was a promising means of combating human trafficking.

This is especially true in the eastern lowlands.

Reducing mortality, especially maternal and child mortality

While this approach is still being studied, the results so far appear promising men who participate in active surveillance programs are 14 times more likely to die of a cause unrelated to prostate cancer.

Traditional communities, particularly minority ethnic groups are often threatened.

In addition, in 2006 the term MANET mostly described an academic area of research, and the term VANET an application.

Criminal activities, particularly in Abidjan are a constant threat.

But notable absentees remain, in particular in the Middle East and on the Korean peninsula.

That seemed promising. I thought, maybe I'll do it inside and I can even combine the foldouts with the only partially opened book.

The US Food and Drug Administration s recent approval of several medical devices supported by dedicated phone based readers is a promising step.

As a result, many emerging countries, with their higher interest rates and promising growth prospects, have become irresistibly attractive to investors.

While there is arguably a genuine possibility that the recent protests in Tibet will prompt the authorities to change course, early signs are not promising.

I have also come to the conclusion that the idea of adding preambular language on the right of peoples for self determination is highly promising.

The reality particularly concerning the language used is probably much more vevid than the film.

There is an inherent danger in this kind of labeling especially for the educator.

Much remains to be done, especially with regard to the protection of minorities.

It speaks out on behalf of children, especially in cases of gross violations of children's rights

It is also necessary to continue iodine deficiency treatment, especially in children.

Increasing attention was focused on trafficking in human beings, especially women and children.

Harmonization of disarmament, demobilization and reintegration, especially for child soldiers

After a promising start in the Kirov Ballet in Leningrad, he defected to Canada in 1974 for more opportunities in western dance.

The debate over foreign aid often pits those who mistrust charity against those who mistrust reliance on the markets. Jacqueline Novogratz proposes a middle way she calls patient capital, with promising examples of entrepreneurial innovation driving social change.

A fresh start by the EU with Brazil and Mexico could prove promising, because of the pull it might have on other countries.

Even an Epstein Barr virus vaccine, which would protect against some kinds of lymphoma, is achieving promising results.

Economic developments in the region are promising, with almost all its economies posting high growth, fueled by increasing industrial output and exports.