There were particularly promising reports involving new uses for old drugs.
In interviews with Israeli stock analysts, three such companies are seen as particularly promising.
What will happen when China takes over hardly bears thinking about, for that country's record on conservation is not particularly promising.
On the face of it, the Jeep deal seemed particularly promising.
"The chances for a political settlement are not particularly promising at the moment," a Western expert said.
Furthermore it is only made if the harvest has been particularly promising.
However, neither vehicle seemed particularly promising and the program was cut short.
The prospects for families over February half term look particularly promising.
The procedure is particularly promising, the doctors say, because it can be done with relatively simple equipment in one visit.
The first steps, taken in the Council at least, do not seem particularly promising.