Sentences with phrase «vague promises of»

A relatively unknown project, vague promises of faster network transactions and other fringe benefits are yet to see implementation, with only futures trading on around 20 exchanges.

A relatively unknown project, vague promises of faster

But a $ 29,000 advertised price is still a $ 29,000 advertised price, and the initial sticker shock is enough to deter many low - income students and even the mildly debt averse from pursuing a law degree long before vague promises of financial aid are heard.

Panic takes over in the «nation's» capital, followed by improvisation, vague promises of more devolved powers, and not - so - subtle threats about what it will all mean for the shared currency and the breakaway state's place in the larger common market (their EU to our NAFTA).

Prizes are typically things that cost the sponsors little or nothing (website features, electronic press releases, vague promises of publicity campaigns).

But where the film ended with vague promises of retribution and rebuilding, the series will, presumably, carry them out.

What are voters meant to think, when Labour makes vague promises of tax cuts for the least well - off?

No more vague promises of reform.

Though it's encouraging that the Coalition is thinking strategically about the looming post-2013 EU budget negotiations, Tony Blair's deal to give away part of the rebate in return for vague promises of CAP reform (which never materialised) shows that such deals have rarely worked for the UK.

As the polls show, the cheap thrills and vague promises of blowhardism are a lot more popular than anything Ron Paul is offering.

Even after the former U.S. attorney general Eric Holder, who'd been hired by the board to investigate, issued a scathing report on Uber's culture, Kalanick and his directors initially decided that vague promises of coaching, the hiring of a chief operating officer, and a slap - on - the - wrist «leave of absence» for the CEO were sufficient remedies.

While this vague promise of change falls short of the kind of daring transparency that marked McDonald's Our Food, Your Questions campaign, it's a start.

As yet, only the vague promise of «autumn» has been given by the American bookseller as to when John Lewis customers can expect to find them on the high street (so presumably no later than a month after they become available online).

Setting off, you are presented with a vague promise of adventure — of foes to vanquish, challenges to overcome, secrets to reveal, treasures to collect — and the anticipation of experiencing whatever your imagination has supposed compels you to explore.

However, Bethesda have also offered the following legal disclaimer to any parent willing to doom their offspring to years of teasing and bullying for the vague promise of a reward:

Only the vague promise of a new future climate funding target has been made, while the deal does not force countries to cut emissions fast enough to forestall a climate change catastrophe.»

He brought up chassis, safety, drive systems, suspension, and braking, which Sampson put down with the vague promise of being «merely better than everybody else.»

The end result is a vague promise of improvements to the user experience and third - party apps while «using very little battery power and reducing latency.»

Not exact matches

SEOUL, April 27 (Reuters)- North and South Korea made ambitious promises for peace on Friday, including to formally end the Korean War this year, but made only a vague commitment to «complete denuclearization of the Korean peninsula» without specifics on how that key goal would be achieved.

SEOUL, April 27 - North and South Korea made ambitious promises for peace on Friday, including to formally end the Korean War this year, but made only a vague commitment to «complete denuclearization of the Korean peninsula» without specifics on how that key goal would be achieved.

In 2009, Carney broke with central bank tradition, which typically offers only vague pronouncements of where interest rates might be headed in the future, and laid out a specific timeline, promising to hold rates at near - zero for 15 months.

Mulcair's balanced - budget promise sought to reassure NDP - wary voters but also curtailed the party's ambition, while the Liberals peeled off progressive support with its own abandonment of a budget - balance pledge, plus its exciting flash of radicalism — a vague plan to legalize marijuana.

Good news for those who were disappointed that Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master turned out to be a vague parable of Scientology rather than a penetrating exposé of it: a new book promises to do the job instead.

In the gray morning after the previous night's celebration old mental habits easily reappear, especially if vague but heady promises of better days are not soon realized.

Christianity Today quotes words of vague assurance from the elders of Willow Creek Community Church, who promise to «walk alongside Bill in stewarding his season of reflection» and profess their commitment «to working together on appropriate next steps with him.»

It may well be that we are entering upon a period in the church's life wherein men's minds must be shocked open to entertain the suspicion that there are realms of meaning, promise, and judgment which ensconce God's incarnate action for their vague disquietudes.

This was no vague promise born of the emotion of the hour.

«All he's done here is to give some sort of vague promise that there might be a referendum in the future, but that it will not be about our membership of the European Union,» Farage commented.

Reacting to the President's vague state of the nation address, his allies in the spare parts industry, said it is too cruel of this government to continue promising and not fulfilling while pointing accusing fingers at the opposition.

This time last year, the government was promising quick action but the main change this year seems to be that the language used is even more vague, both in terms of content and timetable

But aside from the pedestrian proposals on offer, there was the usual litany of vague, meaningless and misleading promises about future law.

But he also plans to deliver many magnificently vague and intangible promises, all of which were the direct opposite of utter nonsense.

He has some familiar and vague promises and catchphrases about improving education, public safety, and employment — in his words, turning the Bronx into «the Silicon Valley of the East» — but he said he sells himself to the voters as a populist hero and role model.

This perhaps explains why the party's manifesto is rather vague on Lords reform, merely promising to cut the number of Lords to 450 and reform it «with a proper democratic mandate».

Individual lenders are not buying a vague promise that debt would go down some time in the future, they are buying a debt instrument with specific properties and predefined payment dates that most states honor most of the time.

Instead of focusing on adding more to what it inherited, the Akufo - Addo government is spending billions of cedis on propaganda networking to propagate its vague and complicated arguments just to confuse the masses they promised heaven during their campaign.

The world bank President and officials of the IMF based their prediction on the policies and programmes their institutions had began to implement in Ghana, their short to longterm effects, vis - a-vis the vague promises the Npp gave and their inherent difficulties.

After Cuomo's executive budget released a week ago failed to include details for how the state will fund its $ 8.3 billion promise to fund the Capital Plan, de Blasio's own plan is also vague about how the city plans to pay for its $ 2.5 billion share of the costs.

He makes vague promises about tax relief in the second year of the next biennium without a specific plan of how to get there, and he thinks putting tolls back on highways is an idea worth pursuing.

If the «Yes» campaign loses on the basis of vague «jam tomorrow» promises that don't materialise as absolute manifesto commitments, there won't be losses in Scotland, there will be a slaughter... and of course the gnats are going to sweep up most of the Scottish lib - dem seats anyway.

CROWN HEIGHTS — A vague but hopeful Mayor - elect Bill de Blasio promised Thursday that his signature plan of universal pre-K and expanded afterschool programs would be in place by next fall, adding «a lot» of new slots in the city schools, he said.

With researchers disagreeing wildly on both points, this promises to be something of a baptism of fire — especially since the FDA has long made it clear it will only approve drugs for specific conditions, not vague groups of symptoms.

Most large companies have overseas divisions, but you need to be certain that any promises of travel are concrete rather than vague possibilities.

I always read these wretchedly vague posts from bloggers this time of year that promise to be personal but shed little light on actual details.

However, until very recently, long distance relationships were less of a lifestyle choice, and more of a vague promise to not birth a child with anyone else until both parties could be tearfully reunited on an appropriate train platform / dock / smoking battleground.

There's the vague whiff of a lowered budget here, but the trailer promises lots of creature action plus tough merc posturing from the likes of Katee Sackhoff (in full - on Starbuck mode), Dave Bautista, Jordi Mollà, Matt Nable, Bokeem Woodbine, Raoul Trujillo, and Nolan Gerard Funk.

While we can't say we're particularly intrigued by the source material (the log - lines are almost hilariously vague, referring to Others and Supernaturals), it's shaping up to be a more promising cast than most of these teen franchises carry, and while we can't say we love LaGravanese's directorial work, let's not forget that he was the writer behind «The Fisher King» and «The Ref,» and hopefully he can turn out something a little more interesting.

As foretold by the vague promise last May of a midseason premiere, ABC today revealed that the nine - episode Roseanne revival will officially debut Tuesday, March 27 at 8 p.m. ET with an hourlong premiere, per Variety.

And despite the fact that they are working with novel criteria that include many obvious tensions, it's not clear how reviewers are supposed to translate thousands of pages of narrative and vague promises into the intricate point system Education Department established.

[18] However, there is hope for better deal for lower - income families in the vague promise in the Framework of «additional tax relief that will be included during the committee process.»