You made a promise, Jamal.

She promised not to be late again.

I've promised Tom that I'd be there.

Much more has been promised.

The relevant departments vowed to enact market oriented reforms, all of which are pushed by high debt.

Now, Yahweh, you are God, and have promised this good thing to your servant.

And now, LORD, thou art God, and hast promised this goodness unto thy servant

As if that were not bad enough, Germany s new government is promising to raise taxes.

Even the conservative Swiss gave into the temptations of high tech finance and the riches it promised.

He claims that he was released after his mother had promised that he would join the Awami League.

The rich world has promised to help Mali, and now Mali has led the way with its creativity.

The G 20 promised stronger global institutions to prevent this from recurring.

The report added that the opposition leaders neither accepted nor rejected the offer, but promised to study it carefully .

They promised to increase official development assistance to 0.7 per cent of their GDP by 2015.

It promised a concerted international response to the scourge of human trafficking, gender based violence and discrimination.

They pledged to donate ten cents to the zoo for every tub of Knut sweets it sold.

For a long time, rich countries have promised to reduce poverty, but have failed to match their words with adequate action.

Most countries have already changed their immigration laws, or have promised to do so before the deadline.

Although the two governments are far apart politically, both promised the displaced families new houses in new urban developments.

The parties honoured their commitment and presented the Peace Agreement to the Sudanese people as a gift at the beginning of the new year, as we promised.

OK? They remember their childhood, but if you walk in and introduce yourself, and then leave the room, when you come back, they don't know who you are.

The United States promised to provide 500 million of funding for several highly visible projects in Pakistan.

The bloc's congressmen have promised to step up pressure so that the special commission returns to the Chamber's agenda while still in the first semester.

The Alberta government has promised to release more Crown land for residential construction, particularly in Timberlea on the north side.

Although the constitutional review process had been terminated because of disagreements, the Government had promised to deliver a new constitution by December.

Poor countries promised to refocus their development efforts while rich countries pledged to support them with finance, technology, and access to their markets.

Obama rightly recognizes that it is an important tool of foreign policy, to be employed when it promises results that are more favorable than the alternatives.

Thirty five years ago, they promised to give 0.7 of their GNP to poor countries as development aid.

Rich countries have long promised to increase their aid levels to 0.7 of national income (from around only 0.25 today).

But Aid for Trade is no substitute for the market opening opportunities and improved rules promised by the Doha round.

In July 2005 during the G 8 summit, the wealthy countries promised to increase their annual assistance by 50 thousand million dollars by 2010.

Earlier this year, the government promised blood products screening, free voluntary HIV testing, and free medicine for the poor.

In exchange, North Korea promised to allow access to its facilities for inspections, while also dropping its opposition to Japanese and South Korean participation in inspections.

Still, I would build up a counterbalancing set of principles, because I believe that Friedman s principles do not, ultimately, deliver what they promise.

The British government promised military protection and non interference in local administration in exchange for an annual tribute, so that the islands were akin to an Indian princely state.

Pursuant to the Agreement, Israel promised to withdraw partly from Jericho in the West Bank and partly from the Gaza Strip, within three weeks from the date of the signing.

In 1987, Collins promised 10 million in state aid to Ford to incentivize the company to expand its truck assembly plant in Louisville.

Almighty Lord, I pray to you to hasten the appearance of your last repository the promised one, that perfect and pure human being, the one who will fill this world with justice and peace.

I decided to face the challenge, and on that same night, I promised those 11 children I'd turn our orchestra into one of the leading orchestras in the world.

COPENHAGEN Last month, the Doha negotiations, promising freer trade, broke down, ostensibly over a small technicality in safeguard rules.

Europe has come a long way from those years of division, but we have not yet fully reaped the benefits promised by the wave of change of 1989.

Hamas s strategy is to expose the Palestinian Authority s weakness by demonstrating that it cannot control the West Bank, as it promises in negotiations.

A report into the findings at the building was promised by Iraqi President Ibrahim Jaafari at the end of December 2005 but as of the 4 May 2006 no report has been issued.

Meanwhile, they agree that Lucia is alone in this life and Lucia begins a long ordeal to find work and the girl that she promised to protect.

The State allegedly promised to give arms only to the opposition and in quantities that equalled what TFG President Yusuf received from other countries.