Sentence examples for a pledge to act from inspiring English sources

This was taken as a pledge to act tough against those agitating for the independence of the troubled Indonesian province of West Papua.Mr Abbott was able to blame the previous government for a serious hiccup in the bilateral relationship a temporary Australian ban in 2011 on the export of live cattle to Indonesia.

One of my responsibilities in the Honor Council was organizing an Awareness Week for the University Honor System, a student-run system in which we all pledge to act with academic integrity.

Therefore, we should all be making a moral pledge to act in good conscience to defy this law and stand for a much higher standard of being.

She is one of the group of students at HBS who led its MBA Oath program, advocating a voluntary student-led pledge to act responsibly and ethically and to use business to serve the greater good.

To the Editor: There is only one pledge any politician should sign: "I pledge to act in the best interests of my constituents and the people of the United States as a whole.

The session will open with the launch of the UN Wild for Life campaign that is calling on citizens, governments and corporations to pledge to act on this issue.

As part of the president's pledge to act with or without the cooperation of Congress, the White House and Labor Department on Thursday released the details of a new rule guaranteeing workers under federal contracts a minimum wage of $10.10 per hour.

The Supreme Council of the Armed Forces has issued a statement pledging to act as the caretaker government until a democratic government is elected.

All 10 S.& P. 500 industry groups gained for a second day after the Fed reduced its benchmark lending rate by half a percentage point and pledged to act as needed to keep the economy from slowing.

A group of Harvard Business School students tried to draft such an oath in 2009, pledging to "act with the utmost integrity" and to "serve the greater good".

Former Ibrox director Dave King has urged fans not to buy season tickets and, along with former Rangers captain Richard Gough, has pledged to act as a custodian to a bank account set up for fans to pay their season ticket cash into.