The phrase "actual commitments" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when referring to genuine or real obligations or promises that someone has made.
Example: "Before making any new plans, we need to assess our actual commitments to ensure we can follow through."
Alternatives: "real obligations" or "genuine commitments".
However, actual commitments tend to be vague and often remain unfunded.
But it is a far cry from what Americans and Europeans wanted: actual commitments to rein in pollution.
It should come as no surprise that less than a year after the signing of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) by world leaders, actual commitments have disappeared into the ether.
(And it is related to a diplomatic failure: the Administration might have made sure that it had actual commitments from specific countries, rather than a vague notion that the world was with us).
The Administration wants America's allies to commit more than fifteen thousand new troops to Iraq, but after two days of meetings last week with, among others, Chancellor Gerhard Schröder of Germany and President Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan, the President emerged with nothing in the way of actual commitments.
You can argue about the details, the practicalities, whether the proposals go far enough and even whether the broadcasters really mean it, but these are actual commitments that can be independently measured and checked: there is now an industry-wide system called Diamond that will do just that, adding much needed public accountability.
But leaders stopped short of an actual commitment, perhaps because they know the difficulty of actually getting it done; the last time the government was funded through all 12 appropriations bills was 1994.
He also said local officers could process detention paperwork but a supervising ICE officer could make the actual commitment to the county jail.
Given the lack of activity, it is no surprise that some in the market question Westlake's actual commitment to pursue this offer, though Georgia Gulf's stock has held steady trading just below the $34 per share offer price.
Significantly increased expectations of what internal communications should achieve: I hear a lot of talk but I'm not sure of the levels of actual commitment to changing focus and personal levels of capability.
"For example, stating that a company or country aims to achieve 20percentt emissions' reductions by 2020 tells us very little about their actual commitment," Professor Vandenbergh said in a written commentary.
