Both main blocs campaigned on a promise of strengthening the welfare state and social justice.
Although Nicolas Sarkozy was elected on a promise to shake things up, the recession has tempered his liberalising zeal.
Fox has so far been unable to deliver on a promise of spurring 1.5 million new jobs.
Jeb Bush became governor in 1998 on a promise to reform education, Social Security and health care.
The high price of Swiss watches had been based on a promise of exceptional accuracy and reliability.
But, what if the government then reneges on a promise to insure depositors?
BAE's chairman, reneged on a promise to vacate the board chair for him.
These retailers consistently deliver on a promise of quality, and this approach has delivered strong returns for their businesses.
She was elected partly on a promise to bring peace to Sri Lanka.
Ms. Preston delivers on a promise that combines a sovereign secret garden that gains fervor the longer one stares at it.
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Mr Rajoy and his party were elected by a landslide in November 2011 on a promise to reduce the high public deficit.
PRI, having been elected on a promise to cleanse Mexican public life.
Specifically, the troika is looking into whether Greece is making progress on a promise to reduce substantially the size of its civil service.
Vizio is one to eventually make good on a promise, though, and has just started shipping the first XVT series CinemaWide set.
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If something happened that made it impossible for you to deliver on a promise, speak up and do everything in your power to fix it.
Shadow Welsh secretary Owen Smith called on new Welsh Secretary David Jones to deliver on a promise that the economy would be his top priority.
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Britain took the financial crisis harder than most, and the Liberal Democrat-Conservative coalition that took office in May ran on a promise to right the ship.
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Toru Hashimoto, governor of Osaka prefecture, Japan's second-biggest industrial hub, is campaigning on a promise to build a similar megalopolis, though against opposition from local mayors.
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Officially, Ethiopia is making good on a promise to quit, signed at peace talks in Djibouti last month between Somalia's impotent transitional government and moderate Islamists.
The VVD, for example, is campaigning on a promise to limit the flow of unskilled immigrants into the country and to restrict newcomers' access to social services.
Wasserstein also has to make good on a promise to bring compensation from 74% of revenue to 57.5% of revenue, and that will likely mean bankers will leave.
He accused Mr Osborne of "reneging on a promise to low paid workers" who he said were under the impression that they would be receiving a pay increase.
She said he delivered on a promise to provide her with her own bedroom when she visited him once in New York during a break from law school.
He had campaigned on a promise to make deep nuclear-arms cuts, and the decision to go ahead was taken, he claimed, on the basis of America's security needs alone.
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But he ultimately followed through on a promise to legislators that he would sign such a measure, expending political capital in a state with a long tradition of gun ownership and libertarian leanings.
The federal government controls millions of acres in the West, and some folks believe the feds have reneged on a promise to turn over large swaths to local control once statehood was achieved.
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The job cuts will be a further blow to French President Francois Hollande, who came to power on a promise to bolster manufacturing and reduce the unemployment rate, now approaching a 13-year high.
Since the deal means going back on a promise not to privatise Gaz de France, the unions see it as a ploy to sell the utility by stealth: a strike has been called next week.
Carers for autistic people claim that the Assembly Government has reneged on a promise to provide additional funding to accompany the much-delayed Autism Spectrum Disorder strategy, intended to be the first of its kind in the world.
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In France, the presidential office of Nicolas Sarkozy found itself having to backtrack on a promise made by Mr Sarkozy that big-name politicians elected to the European Parliament for his UMP party would have to take their seats.
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