Sentence examples for began a commitment from inspiring English sources

Around 2003, the city and Schenectady County began a commitment to rebuild the commercial base and improve facades along State Street and Broadway.

Yet it wasn't until after the family moved to the Washington area in the early '50s--and she turned 32--that she "found her golden bowl". Idealistically liberal in her political outlook, Scottie began a commitment promoting the Democratic Party and its candidates.

Dr. Farmer began a lifelong commitment to Haiti in 1983.

When she lost one of her children to leukemia — Robin, at age 3 — she began a lifelong commitment to raising money for cancer research, so that fewer parents would have to go through what she did.

In 1913, almost 100 years ago, he and his wife set out and began a 50 year commitment to creating, rebuilding, and running a unique hospital, a commitment that ended only when he died in 1965.

The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation began a $19.25-million commitment to local arts projects last fall, the Kresge Foundation has awarded annual fellowships to artists since 2009, and Red Bull opened its first domestic House of Art, an emerging-artist incubator, here in May 2012.

One of that group's major concerns was access to healthcare, a concern that began a long-term commitment by vintners to provide healthcare for their workers.

What began as a commitment to control our packing habit ends in betrayal and a race to the bottom.

Vermont Bread began with a commitment to paying employees a "livable wage" — three to four times more than the minimum wage most competitors offered.

It began with a commitment to upholding the values laid out in Roe v Wade, the landmark 1973 decision legalizing abortion in the United States.

"The legislative session began with a commitment to government reform, and we have kept that promise," he said, referring to the sheriff's bill and a bill mandating disclosure of how nonstate agencies use taxpayer money.