Sentence examples for commitment to shut from inspiring English sources

The US state department has made strong representations to China to secure the commitment to shut down its local trade.

The Obama administration is basking in praise for its welcome commitment to shut down the American detention center at Guantánamo Bay.

A commitment to shut or radically shake up failing schools is central to President Obama's vision of education reform and explains in part the bear hug his administration has given charters, which are publicly funded but privately run.

Their delivery came on the eve of a crucial speech by Gen. Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan and could make it harder for the Pakistani president to offer a commitment to shut down extreme Islamic groups battling India in Kashmir.

"Regrettably", he said, this would require 9,000 job cuts from the 85,000-strong workforce as the business was "digitised" and also involve revoking its three-year commitment not to shut branches where it was the "last bank in town".

Little wonder that it requires commitment and effort to shut out those distractions and study.

"Ivory destructions should not be an end in themselves - any such events should be followed by actions to ensure countries continue to comply with their international commitments under Cites to shut down the illegal ivory trade," he said.

In October, the National Communications System, a government agency in Arlington, Va., that advises the White House on telecommunications issues, said that it had received a commitment from Verizon Wireless to shut the networks to almost all but official traffic in case of an emergency in those cities in time for the 2002 Winter Olympics in February at Salt Lake City.

And there's one more important point: if you're struggling with engagement anxiety and feeling scared about taking the next step in terms of your level of commitment, the first thing to shut down is your sex drive.

The Obama administration, whose top priority is battling the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL, would get to use Turkish air bases to attack the militants on a new front and has won a new commitment from Turkey to try to shut off some of the group's most important supply lines.

"Secondly, the US administration should be honoring the president's first commitment when elected to office to shut Guantanamo Bay — which is a hideous carbuncle on the face of justice and human rights.