For one thing, it is better able to focus its efforts on the most promising lines of play.

That's a promising line of work, and rightly carried on, it pays a good deal more than this.

A neglected but very promising line of research is microbicides.

"So do we have any promising lines of inquiry yet?"

They were making fine progress, moving forward in several promising lines of inquiry.

A connection to Albania was thought by some to be the most promising line of inquiry.

Arthur Andersen has added a promising new line of business.

Let intuition take over and see whether you can find some promising lines, passing through several of these points.

But at the table there were several promising lines of play, and what South did was probably the best.

This is the most promising line of inquiry we've had since we began the investigation, sir.