Example sentences of "have [been] promise [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Multi-processors seem to be the flavour of the day at the moment and IBM Corp has been promising a multi-processing addition to its RS/6000 line for some time , so it 's not too surprising that we hear it 'll announce one in around six weeks for delivery later in the year . |
| 2 | Markham , Ontario-based Geac Computer Corp — which has been promising an acquisition a month over the next 12 months , got two under its belt for the same month in May : it has bought the UK end of struggling MAI Systems Corp , MAI ( UK ) Ltd , and has also picked up Tekserv Computer Services Ltd . |
| 3 | ROBERT LEE has been promised a good reception today when First Division leaders Newcastle visit promotion rivals Charlton . |
| 4 | She wore a faintly sly and greedy look , like a child who has been promised a rather disreputable treat if it 's good . |
| 5 | For the past 10 years , my constituency has been promised a hospital , but no progress has been made . |
| 6 | Greene King already owns 28% of Morland and has been promised a further 14.9% . |
| 7 | He has been promised an initial six-match run . |
| 8 | The company has been promised the contract if Sizewell gets the go-ahead . |
| 9 | It would n't matter if you 'd been promised a king 's ransom if you achieved a lucky jump to the scorpion . |
| 10 | The bruiser would n't have been promised a reward of twenty quid otherwise . |
| 11 | People with head injuries who ca n't get the long-term treatment they need have been promised a better deal . |
| 12 | having been promised the imagination . |
| 13 | I had been promised a gripping afternoon 's shoot in the Locarno Gents ( where the original play was entirely set ) . |
| 14 | A 12-line , three sentence denial of the charges made by the tabloid New York Post , failed to satisfy Mr Rather 's critics , who had been promised a ‘ point-by-point ’ rebuttal of the accusations . |
| 15 | At one time Prime considered defecting to Russia where he had been promised a KGB colonel 's pension for life . |
| 16 | There would also be new roads and possibly other investment : the nearest town to the Sizewell site had been promised a new swimming pool . |
| 17 | She feared John might not be at home but he was , and was very excited because he had been promised a job . |
| 18 | The dragon-ships had been promised no opposition . |
| 19 | The beach had been promised the night before , but rain had obliged an alternative treat . |
| 20 | Alcatel spokesman John Highhams confirmed last night his company had been promised the contract if the project was given the green light in the Chancellor 's Autumn statement . |
| 21 | When the foundation removed twelve paintings on long-term loan to the museum , and sold the eight Impressionist and Post-Impressionist works at Christie 's , NY , in May 1989 , for $39.6 million ( including the 10% buyers ' premium ) , the museum sued for the money , claiming they had been promised the paintings . |
| 22 | They 've been promised a Dickens ' of a time . |
| 23 | No doubt they have been promised a good party in return . |
| 24 | We have been promised a grant of £1,000 from the Village Association , and a further long-term loan from them of £1,000 . |
| 25 | The Palmers have been promised a back door ramp to get Mrs Palmer into the garden in case of fire , but no ramp to get her down the 5 garden steps into the street . |
| 26 | Government or Grand Met : whose fault , asks licensee Publicans in Darlington whose livelihoods are threatened by massive rent increases have been promised a meeting with the property company owning their pubs . |
| 27 | Patients nationwide have been promised a guaranteed service including an ambulance within 14 minutes in urban areas and 19 minutes in rural areas . |
| 28 | We have been promised a visit to another great showpiece in Peking — the Summer Palace built by the Dowager Empress last century from money she misappropriated from the naval funds ( so they tell us ) . |
| 29 | Patients nationwide have been promised an improved service , including an ambulance within 14 minutes in urban areas and 19 minutes in rural areas . |
| 30 | Parents have been promised the right to stay in hospital with their sick children at all times . |