Example sentences of "promises [vb mod] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Property ( other than a legal estate in land ) may be transferred , and binding promises may be made to an infant , but in general he is unable to make a binding disposition of his property or to make binding promises to others . |
| 2 | ALTHOUGH several national charities have pledged money to build the centre their promises must be matched from within Darlington . |
| 3 | The Government may believe that once the Kincardine and Deeside election was out on the road — somewhat unsuccessfully for the Government — those promises might be out of sight and out of mind , but they are still in the mind of the Opposition . |
| 4 | It is ridiculous to suppose that such promises could be binding . |
| 5 | Although agreement was reached on establishing a UDF newspaper with a maximum 70,000-copy circulation , the talks were broken off by the UDF delegation on Jan. 18 after the BCP had refused to give written guarantees that the other promises would be fulfilled . |
| 6 | In like manner , it seems natural to claim the moral right that promises will be kept , and for apologies to be due if they are not ; or the right to polite treatment , since they trade upon the legal parallels with contract , and assault and slander . |
| 7 | An Auction of Promises will be held at the Bowes village hall on Monday April 13 at 7.30pm doors open at 7pm . |
| 8 | But none of the promises can be fulfilled without first a child being born , or , to be more precise in Abraham 's patriarchal world , a son . |