(1) In these unpromising circumstance, the Collinsons, like the other families, believe only a public inquiry will find the truth.(2) Born in Beverley in 1949, his rise to success from distinctly unpromising beginnings is an inspiration to other young artists.(3) Despite the unpromising subject matter Tintin became a soaring success and the print run for the supplement soon had to be increased.(4) Up an unpromising staircase, the door opens into a small and perfectly-formed space, dominated by a long counter behind which skulks a spotty girl.(5) Even the most unpromising small plot can be transformed into a successful garden with hints which will show you just what can be achieved when space and time are at a premium.(6) This machine would be his only escape in the unpromising future.(7) And people are going to keep using the flag, some to celebrate a heroic past, some to protest an unpromising future.(8) Curau00e7aoans have always known that success can be distilled from the most unpromising of ingredients.(9) But this alone is not enough to explain why it has survived so well in such unpromising circumstances.(10) It spins riveting, moving drama out of the most unpromising premise imaginable: the implementation of the 35-hour working week.(11) We picked it up as u2018the least unpromising or obvious thing on the shelf in Somerfieldu2019 and I think it cost around u00a36.50 a bottle.(12) Hypnosis has also shown unpromising results in the treatment of stammering.(13) Into such unpromising circumstances step up The Colonies and they give good gig.(14) In these unpromising circumstances a living community grows up.(15) There, ordinary people have learned to be inventive with the most unpromising of materials.(16) The quality is unknown but when Scotland on Sunday tested bootleg DVDs last year, the results were unpromising .