Sentence examples for commitment on the ground from inspiring English sources

Instead, they propose that the United States cut back its military commitment on the ground and keep al Qa'ida off balance and on defense by using air and missile strikes from afar, as it is already doing against terrorist networks in Pakistan, Somalia, and Yemen.

So what's needed more; more research or a commitment to on-the-ground services?

Rather than merely affirming abstract principle, they worked through an on-the-ground commitment to freedom of expression along with the cultivation of diverse points of view and a sense of belonging.

A vote to challenge the SNP's anti-fracking commitment on the grounds that it wasn't hardline enough.

The remaining rules are allowed to carry only very local and modest ontological commitment, on the grounds that it is part of the very meaning of a term such as '0' that its use in the language commits one to the existence of the number 0. Here, for example, are the natural-deduction rules governing zero.

But even with well-intentioned pledges from companies to protect forests, the realities of operating in Indonesia, issues such as overlapping concession maps and corruption, can complicate commitments on the ground, admitted Dr Eric Meijaard, a conservation scientist from Borneo Futures.

China --whose per capita of 7.2 tons per person is now well within the range of 6 to 19 tons per person of Annex 1 countries -- comes to Doha determined to lodge all responsibility for making cuts on the Annex 1 countries while resisting making mandatory reduction commitments on the ground that it is still a "developing country".

He hopes to persuade the country's European partners to give it an extra two years to implement its commitments on the grounds that the economy is shrinking more quickly than anyone expected.

And now in Indonesia, governments, businesses, communities and NGOs like the Nature Conservancy (TNC) are coming together to figure out how to make these commitments work on the ground with farmers.

The Kansas Supreme Court, agreeing with that interpretation of the Hendricks decision, overturned Mr. Crane's civil commitment order on the grounds that the state had not proved a complete lack of control.

I hope we see real financial commitment to 'boots on the ground' coming out of this conference".