He said that to commit himself to do so would invite charges of election-year pandering.
I can note that $S$ has committed himself to doing $F$, in the sense of accepting such a commitment, without myself thinking that $S$ is obligated to do it, just as well as I can think that $S$ is obligated although he himself does not recognize it.
But he has not committed himself to doing a deal with Cameron.
Ed Miliband and Nick Clegg said they would personally shun the extra money – although David Cameron stopped short of committing himself to doing the same as he comes under pressure from Tory backbenchers who want a pay hike.
And were he to be successful, he would then suffer the added indignity of being forced to sign his Local Public Service Agreement committing himself to do exactly as Treasury civil servants dictated if he wanted any hope of future funds.
This was something more like a life plan". Kelly read the book cover to cover and when he closed it, he was "a different person". Kelly committed himself to do what it takes to follow in the path of the heroic pilots whose stories he had just read.
Sidgwick did not commit himself to an answer to this, one way or the other.
Unlike his New York counterpart, Bill de Blasio, Johnson did not commit himself to banning the practice, which he said had been going on for "a very, very long time".
He told BBC Radio London: "I don't like them and they are something that I try to get out of the planning application if I can". Unlike his New York counterpart, Bill de Blasio, Johnson did not commit himself to banning the practice, which he said had been going on for "a very, very long time".
The speech is a nonevent.'" John Dickerson writes for Slate: "Part of the president's goal was to remind Congress and the American people that he's still relevant, but other than the executive orders he promised and the Middle East peace initiative he committed himself to, he didn't do anything in his speech to prove that relevance.
