Example sentences of "to commit [pron] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pupil builds up the words he wants in a stand , and can test out his ideas without having to commit them to paper yet . |
| 2 | The plaintiff served on the defendants notice of motion making application to the county court to commit them to prison for the alleged contempt of court entailed by breach of the injunction . |
| 3 | With sadly impaired health and frustrated by Rossetti 's reluctance to commit himself to marriage , and his too apt inclination to infidelity , she resorted to ever-increasing doses of laudanum . |
| 4 | Julian Bailey , despite failing to qualify his Lotus 102B at Phoenix , is understood to be prepared to commit himself to Lotus for the entire season — if Martin Donnelly is n't fit enough to race — backed by a personal investment of up to £75,000 , earned during two years with the Group C Nissan team . |
| 5 | The only real surprise about Danny Rampling 's fine debut single ‘ I Hate Hate ’ is that it 's taken so long for a DJ of his reputation to commit himself to vinyl . |
| 6 | And , on the other side , one outcome of the Truce of Orléans was that Charles took the abbacy of Ferrières away from Odo and gave it to a member of the community whose chief recommendation ( with still more pull than his fine scholarship ) was a readiness to commit himself to Charles . |
| 7 | The decision was also provoked by a split in the Progress Party , a sporadic supporter of the government , which on Nov. 13 expelled its founder , Mogens Glistrup , from the parliamentary group for refusing to commit himself to voting discipline . |
| 8 | China fails to commit itself to carbon cuts |
| 9 | If he fails to attend a second time the judge has power to commit him to prison for contempt of court . |
| 10 | Through the witness of the apostles and the witness of the Spirit ( now seen as Accuser ) , men are shown that they are wrong with their moralistic ideas of sin : sin is essentially the refusal to commit themselves to Jesus , God 's saviour . |
| 11 | The World Health Organisation has called for individual developing countries to commit themselves to decade programmes . |
| 12 | Then they 'll begin to commit themselves to capital investment . ’ |
| 13 | Mexico had taken the initiative for this round of talks and had indicated that it would like to see an agreement signed within a year , although ministers were careful not to commit themselves to deadlines . |
| 14 | He said a number of large economies found it difficult to commit themselves to targets which had not been properly explored and before the International Panel on Climate Change reports scientific evidence next year . |
| 15 | ( If you are reluctant to commit yourself to paper , speak to yourself in a mirror . ) |