Sales had fallen and prospects for making any dent in the e-book market were not promising.
While the two men would call each other friend until Hemingway's death, their first encounter was not promising.
Although it is too early to write off the government's claims to greenery, the signs are not promising.
Like his predecessors, Mr Bush is not promising to use America's nuclear bombs against them, just refusing to rule it out.
But do not be deceived: the Saudis are not promising low prices.
Precedents in America are not promising: even after five years in business, most American online wedding-service providers are still losing lots of money.
But even in those areas where the Barroso commission can make a direct contribution to higher European growth, the early signs are not promising.
As Shane Watson and Simon Katich comfortably steered the Aussies to 25-0 in the early stages of their reply, the indications were not promising.
He insists the United States is not promising to protect Iraq.
Though ASUS is careful to say it's considering other devices, it's still not promising to upgrade the original Eee Pad Transformer or Eee Pad Slider.
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First, he is not promising us anything outside his expertise.
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He also missed the weekend action in the U.S. Open at Pebble Beach so the signs were not promising as he traveled to the east coast of Scotland for the third major of the season.
The early signs are not promising.
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But the ingredients are not promising.
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The idea of trying to encourage an existing population that clearly has negative incentives to have more children (assuming they have the choice to have more children, the fact that they choose not to indicates they perceive significant negative incentives associated with that choice) is not promising.
The prospects for a fair general election planned for May do not look promising.
This business is not as promising from a growth perspective, and retaining it would most likely distract management.
Alas, some of the biggest emerging markets are not very promising either, at least in the short term.
Social entrepreneurs are seen as a replacement for the broken aid system, not a promising way to encourage economic growth.
Unfortunately, based upon existing data again supplied by the National Association of Realtors, these forward looking indicators do not look promising.
It did not look promising, when, on the first play from scrimmage, BC running back Andre Williams broke free for a 69-yard gain.
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Moreover, the future leaders of the country are not very promising.
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