Example sentences of "to commit [pron] to " 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 | Even when there are no covenants by a buyer , if the purchase is in joint names execution by the buyers is necessary to commit them to the terms on which they hold the property as set out in the transfer . |
| 4 | The first step to developing a Christian philosophy of finance would be to commit ourselves to developing the character of Christ in our own lives and helping others do the same . |
| 5 | As with any other area of living , we need to commit ourselves to a Christian world-view and not be tempted to borrow from secular philosophy . |
| 6 | And you know if we were able to commit ourselves to two public , two meetings , three meetings of some sort in a year where we 're actually gon na do something and present some sort of front Par part of presenting some sort of front is to try to sell a few bits of pieces if we 're prepared to accept that we 're going to lose money . |
| 7 | Their memory and remembrance — rediscovered and kept alive in historical reconstruction and actualized in ritual celebration — encourage us in historical solidarity with them to commit ourselves to the continuing struggle against patriarchy in society and church . |
| 8 | He has been asked to commit himself to 10 of the new Grand Prix tournaments next year , aside from the four Grand Slam events . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Depending on reactions to this first effort , there may be more tracks to ‘ get more people involved from the club ’ , but Danny is unwilling to commit himself to anything except his work as a DJ — ‘ I love it and I 'd never give it up for anything . ’ |
| 12 | The tone of the article was that Charman was getting out because he did not want to commit himself to the group on a full-time basis . |
| 13 | George Soloway has been so busy making money that he has been unable ‘ to commit himself to another human being ’ . |
| 14 | ‘ . ’ He is drawing attention to the fact that ‘ I know ’ is sometimes used by a speaker to commit himself to the truth of what he proceeds to say . |
| 15 | By February he felt compelled to commit himself to summoning a Consultative Assembly . |
| 16 | But marriage is n't something he feels able to commit himself to yet . |
| 17 | After certain difficulties with the manager of the Old Vic , who did not want to commit himself to the play on the basis of the bare outline which had been shown to him , Browne approached the theatrical impresario , Henry Sherek , and asked him if he would care to produce the play — with Browne as director — at Edinburgh . |
| 18 | Knowing that Adam always liked to keep his options open , Miranda was forced to the lonely conclusion that he did n't love her enough to commit himself to her for life . |
| 19 | Everyone round the table listens intently to the story — the Chases , the Waylands , the Chyldes , the Kessels , the Bernsteins , Charles Aught , Luci Hayter , Rayner Keat , and Francis Fairlie who is still hesitating about what life to commit himself to — a great audience stretching back into the dim recesses of the room , a densely cultivated field growing faces . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Was he really going to commit himself to that extent ? |
| 22 | There were several motives which might bring a man to commit himself to a fairly long period ( eight years in France from 1762 onwards ) of military service . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | Since it is clear that the vocation of hermit was officially recognised in the fourteenth century , the account of Richard 's pursuit of his calling points to parental opposition and possibly a reluctance on Richard 's part to commit himself to any officially supervised licensing . |
| 26 | If the husband is purchasing a house for himself with the proceeds of sale of his interest in the matrimonial home , then , as he will have to commit himself to a contract in respect of his purchase , it is suggested that there should be a contract relating to the sale of his interest in the matrimonial home so that he is fully safeguarded . |
| 27 | Connolly is playing for Canterbury-Bankstown in Australia 's Winfield Cup and refused to commit himself to a new contract before going Down Under . |
| 28 | Gavin Peacock , their leading scorer , is another highly saleable asset without a contract and he is less keen to commit himself to the club . |
| 29 | Plans had to be put on hold when the Royal National Theatre decided to stage The Miser in London but the actor was keen enough on the project to commit himself to the project months ahead and risk turning down more lucrative work . |
| 30 | Six days later the TUC Congress finally called weakly for ‘ practical aid ’ to the strikers but refused to commit itself to cutting off supplies . |