1.   Growing alternative crops such as short rotation coppice as energy crops and fibre crops such as flax and hemp showed promise.

2.   She showed promise as a singer at an early age.

3.   Tracey showed early promise in mathematics.

4.   Yet he showed early promise as a newsman.

5.   Bill shows great promise as a goalkeeper.

6.   The boy first showed promise as an athlete in grade school.

7.   They admit that this method has not reached the precision required for routine application, but it shows great promise.

8.   I served with Marks before the war and he showed great promise even as a junior officer.

9.   He thinks they show great promise.