Example sentences of "commitment to [noun prp] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Civil aviation must have a clear commitment to America , ’ he said . |
2 | But if he is to assure Mitterrand too convincingly of his commitment to Maastricht or the Exchange Rate Mechanism , he will be condemned by a howling mob of backbenchers who will be backed , privately , by at least a quarter of his government . |
3 | Joining CAMRA is a commitment to Britain 's best-known and most successful consumer organisation . |
4 | Unix System Laboratories Inc and the Santa Cruz Operation Inc have both bought licences to Sun Microsystems Inc 's ONC+ for inclusion in UnixWare , as part of their commitment to COSE . |
5 | It will become part of UnixWare as part of the commitment to COSE . |
6 | The board has a commitment to Banbridge hospital and to continuing health care and social services in its area . |
7 | Russia , not Germany , was now the West 's enemy ; Adenauer was emerging as a loyal ally who could provide substantial armed forces in the front line against Russia ; and American people wanted to see that Europeans would help to defend themselves ( not least because Congress had been assured in 1949 that NATO did not imply a costly , long-term commitment to Europe 's defence ) . |
8 | In 1949 , Congress was also assured that NATO did not imply a costly long-term commitment to Europe . |
9 | He further announced on Jan. 29 , 1990 , that 2,750 military and civilian personnel ( including their dependants ) would be withdrawn from a number of bases in the United Kingdom and elsewhere ( for other announcements of US defence expenditure cuts and for European concerns about reduced US miliary commitment to Europe see p. 37226 ) . |
10 | On April 7 the 32-strong UK Conservative group in the EP joined the Christian Democratic European Popular Party ( EPP ) group , bringing its numbers to 162 as compared with 180 for the largest group , the Socialists.The Conservatives had asked to join the EPP group after the 1989 European elections but protracted negotiations had resulted from Belgian , Italian and Netherlands Christian Democrats scepticism about the Conservative commitment to Europe . |
11 | As it was the American commitment to Europe had its limitations . |
12 | This could be highly dangerous in itself , and might result in a weakening of the American commitment to Europe . |
13 | A London spokesman for Mr Bond said yesterday : ‘ He has intended all along to meet his commitment to BSB , and that is still the situation . ’ |
14 | She had a sudden sharp recall of that moment in Jake 's office when he had revealed his strange lack of commitment to Janice . |
15 | It was true that the marchers were outnumbered but many of the men and women attending the rally had merely bought tickets for the show rather than as a gesture of commitment to Mosley . |
16 | In fact , in rural areas today , the Orange hall has frequently been the only place where protestants of all shades have met to renew their belief and commitment to Ulster protestant loyalism ( Harris 1972 : 162–5 ) . |
17 | At Blenheim in July 1912 Law spoke to a mass rally of English Unionists , including over a hundred MPs , and made his commitment to Ulster absolutely specific . |
18 | Just as Unionists had rejected an Irish compromise in 1914 after years of commitment to Ulster , so they could not envisage anything short of total victory after the national sacrifices since 1914 . |
19 | Statement of guilt for holocaust — Commitment to Oder-Neisse border |
20 | The extension of the scheme showed the board 's commitment to Towyn . |
21 | I am happy to confirm the Government 's commitment to Trident , as so frequently set out in this House . |
22 | The commitment to Trident , which is particularly important to us in Scotland , is not . |
23 | For other French houses a commitment to Outremer often represented a sacrifice of domestic political interest . |
24 | The 31-year-old said : ‘ Because of my commitment to West Ham their League games have to be considered more important . ’ |
25 | A European security agreement would legitimise Soviet domination of Eastern Europe and might be used to undermine America 's commitment to West European defence . |
26 | The Guggenheim , which is developing satellites around the world , is unwilling to make an early commitment to MASSMoCA . |
27 | ‘ You do feel happy about making the commitment to Santa Barbara ? |
28 | Clearly the point had arrived in September 1947 where fundamental decisions had to be taken on the American commitment to Korea . |
29 | Nkrumah gave total commitment to Lumumba from the start : other non-aligned were more cautious . |
30 | The move will be seen as a further step towards a possible post-election deal between Labour and the Liberal Democrats , who are holding out for a commitment to PR for the Commons as a pre-condition of backing a minority government . |