Rather, their gist is that speech acts involve intentional undertaking of a publicly accessible commitment; further, that commitment is not undertaken simply by virtue of my intending to undertake it, even when it is common knowledge that this is what I am trying to do.
By virtue of their commitment, or owner commitment (OC), they can ensure successful delivery of green building projects.
The American newspaper (and the nightly newscast) is designed to appeal to a broad audience, with conflicting values and opinions, by virtue of its commitment to the goal of objectivity.
China should earn the Games not because of its ability to build world-class sports sites and manage a massive event, but by virtue of its commitment to upholding the Olympic ideal.
Today, the government of Jose Maria Aznar draws close to the Bush administration by virtue of a commitment to anti-terrorism.
We were there by virtue of a commitment we had made to a moral position; and that gave us a psychological attitude the average prisoner did not have...
From a national perspective, our interest is less in the inherent value of advancing individual rights than in claiming that our allies are obligated to help us by virtue of legal commitments they have made.
Ronnie was not religious, but was described by the rabbi in his funeral speech as, nevertheless, a pious Jew by virtue of his social commitment.
Many of the things that all of you consider enormously "practical" today exist by virtue of Turing's commitment to study beautiful, impractical things nearly a century ago.
But there is nothing divine about the reasons why Wales' second city still has a football club to call its own - Swansea City survived by virtue of the sheer commitment, courage and diligence of a bunch of proud Jacks.
