Sentence examples for Large-scale commitment to from inspiring English sources

And if the U.S. were truly committed to state-of-the-art manufacturing, we would have a large-scale commitment to rebuild our out-of-date infrastructure.

Bloomberg made his first large-scale commitment to the university in 1984, 20 years after his graduation, donating $1 million to create a professorship in the humanities named in honor of his mother, Charlotte.

That should start to change in 2009 as companies begin a number of test projects and in 2010 when large-scale commitments to the technology begin, Mr. O'Donnell said.

They get a single coal plant with sequestration -- unlikely to come on the grid for years -- and she gets large-scale commitments to R&E.

The settlement, reached in February after a year of talks and intervention by the Obama administration, was the second-largest in history involving the states, trailing the tobacco industry settlement, and represented the first large-scale commitment by banks to provide direct aid to borrowers.

As Chairman of COSC, Scherger played a leading role in the large-scale commitment of Australian forces to Vietnam.

Yet apart from a possible resumption of the long-dormant Korean War, Asian scenarios involving a large-scale commitment of Army forces are difficult to conjure up.

Even if the casualty count remains small, the history of U.S. military involvement in the Middle East — and elsewhere, notably Vietnam — will inspire concern that the U.S. is on a slippery slope to just the sort of large-scale commitment Obama has forsworn.

However, with the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) weakened by successive defeats at the hands of the communists, the South Vietnamese government faltering, and Saigon threatened with a major offensive, the worsening situation led to a significant escalation of the war in 1965, with a large-scale commitment of US ground troops under the command of General William Westmoreland.

There are many who claim that a large-scale commitment isn't necessary.

A large-scale rejuvenation of the city's economy needs a large-scale commitment, with the city's leadership on board.