Sentence examples for Political pledges from inspiring English sources

Political Pledges as Credible Commitments.

Page 13 POLITICAL PLEDGES ON RISE Candidate pledges, an incidental part of past presidential elections, have exploded this year as advocacy groups seek to hold a future Republican president accountable once in office.

Their conversion from political pledges to practical realities would provide huge new reductions of trade barriers.

That has left some projects in limbo, despite political pledges to keep them alive.

Despite years of political pledges that things will improve, the NHS mental health "service" seems more overwhelmed than ever.

Governor Pataki now has an opportunity to redeem his political pledges -- and get beyond legal delay tactics.

Germany's "political" pledge to guarantee all of its consumer bank deposits led to further grumbles from some about the effect of such guarantees on competition.

But since Bratislava has backtracked on a political pledge (made by a previous government) rather than any legal obligation, Brussels is unlikely to impose formal sanctions.

In 1947 Robert Moses opened Fresh Kills by making a transparently disingenuous political pledge: that it would be in operation temporarily, for three years.

NATO leaders also announced Monday that the alliance would expand its security role in Afghanistan, fulfilling a political pledge the alliance made months ago.

There were no binding commitments in the communiqué or a more detailed workplan that was issued alongside it, but rather a political pledge to deliver results in the two years before the next summit, to be held in South Korea.