Sentence examples for commitment to making big from inspiring English sources

McDonnell Douglas executives became key players in the new company, and the McDonnell Douglas culture, averse to risk and obsessed with cost-cutting, weakened Boeing's historical commitment to making big investments in new products.

The elimination of Environmental Affairs is in NO WAY a departure from my commitment to making Los Angeles the green standard for big cities across the country and around the world.

And I'm ready to — and — and willing to make big commitments to make sure that we're locking in the kind of deficit reductions that stabilize our deficit, start bringing it down, start bringing down our debt.

Many consumers, he said, were simply afraid to make big commitments while uncertainty hung like a haze over the economy.

Economists said the commercial construction continued to be the source of weakness, reflecting reluctance by businesses to make big commitments.

While the residential side has been strong, analysts say, the commercial side of the construction market has remained weak, reflecting a reluctance by businesses to make big commitments in capital spending, including new factories and other buildings.

"People are less willing to make big financial commitments".

The performance, much weaker than analysts had expected, represented the worst single month for new-home sales since January 1994, and, economists said, raised some new questions about consumers' willingness to make big financial commitments amid worries about a war in Iraq.

As a result, many investors are reluctant to make big or lasting commitments.

Most cocktails aren't a big commitment to make, if you're a cocktail fan of any sort.

It's a big commitment to make to yourself and to God when you decide to be led by faith and not by sight.