Sentence examples for binding pledges from inspiring English sources

Without explicit, binding pledges on energy efficiency and renewable energy, the EU's end goals can seem wan and abstract abroad.

The national anthem is as good a metaphor as any for the blind, binding pledges of romantic love.

More importantly, Mr. Fleischer said, the two leaders did not sign any binding pledges that would limit action by the next president.

The Germans hope that the judge may be persuaded to reverse it, now that all the missing millions, or at least legally binding pledges thereof, are in place.

There have been rumors that Serra makes his clients sign legally binding pledges never to move a sculpture that he has sited and installed, but Silberman assured me that this is "absolutely not true".

Following the shock of the Irish No vote, other European leaders issued binding pledges that this rule change would be reversed, and that if Lisbon came into force, the Irish (and all other EU countries) would keep "their" commissioner.

In the wake of lawsuits by the Fund for Animals and other groups, the bureau required anyone adopting a mustang to sign a binding pledge not to send it to a slaughterhouse.

Although there were hopes that last year's United Nations talks in Copenhagen would lead to an important accord on climate change, the final document to come out of the summit was a statement of intention, not a binding pledge, to begin taking action on global warming.

And he was far too shrewd a player than to ever sign a binding pledge like Grover Norquist's document and, tie his hands.

His name is often traditionally invoked in Imerina when paying tribute to the ancestors or making a binding pledge.

However, some close observers of the talks, including the UK's former chief scientific adviser Sir David King, take an opposing view, arguing that the annual climate talks that have been running for nearly two decades have borne little fruit and that nations should focus instead on a series of voluntary, non-binding pledges and on encouraging industry to cut emissions.