The pitcher attempting to pick off a runner must be careful not to commit a "balk".
The commissioner was careful not to commit though, and was sure to cite Orlando, Miami, Minneapolis and Atlanta as ongoing participants in discussions.
And while Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, leader of the AKP, has said he would not rule out such a nomination, he has been careful not to commit himself.
Accordingly, in his major foreign policy decisions regarding the war in Europe in 1940 41, he was careful not to commit the country to greater involvement in the fighting than public opinion would support.
He was careful not to commit Lloyds to any particular course of action in the event that the OFT put a cap on charges for overdrafts in the way that is has restricted penalty fees on credit cards to £12.
However, she was careful not to commit America to a specific share of the $100bn fund, and she made it clear that much of the financing would have to come from private, rather than government sources.
Cool as Clik! is, Iomega is being careful not to commit to a shipment date, other than to promise availability before next Christmas.
Although Belgium continued to control possession for long periods, they seemed wary of the visitors' threat and were careful not to commit too many players forward.
Though Raanani was careful not to commit to any numbers, he explained that Chorus is likely better than products like IBM's Watson at the specialized task of sales support.
While most authors were careful not to commit themselves to any account of how this original imposition actually occurs, and while it was recognized that words such as 'person' and 'spirit' (both important in theological contexts) do acquire new connotations, it was generally supposed that the signification of common nouns within a given conventional language remains stable.
