Sentence examples for a firm pledge that from inspiring English sources

Although he had taken the interim job with a firm pledge that he would not run this fall, powerful backers formed a "Run, Ed, Run" committee and he joined the race in August.

So I support the compromise, but do so with a firm pledge that as President, I will carefully monitor the program, review the report by the Inspectors General, and work with the Congress to take any additional steps I deem necessary to protect the lives -- and the liberty -- of the American people.

In the guidelines, the firm pledged that its most important principle is that "our clients' interests always come first".

MOSCOW (Reuters) — Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel apparently failed to win a firm pledge on Tuesday that Moscow would halt advanced weapons sales to Israel's enemies.

Mr Murphy is understood to have argued that making such a firm pledge could backfire for the party on May 7 as it attempts to claw back tens of thousands of former Labour supporters from the SNP.

Speaking in his capacity as a special U.N. adviser, Jeffrey D. Sachs, a Columbia University professor, has excoriated the Bush administration for backing away from a commitment to devote 0.7percentt of gross domestic product to foreign aid, but that was never a firm pledge.

The new government of former rebels pledged to institute a new system of ethnic self-government that celebrated ethnic diversity with a firm pledge to guarantee basic human rights.

A senior Israeli official told Reuters this month that Netanyahu would be looking for a firm pledge of U.S. military action if Iran does not back down.

There is widespread anticipation that Osborne will back up his words with a firm pledge of money in December's autumn statement.

Obama promised repeatedly on the campaign trail that he would never raise taxes on those making less than $250,000 per year: "I can make a firm pledge.

"I can make a firm pledge," Mr. Obama said in September 2008.