Sentence examples for commitments this year from inspiring English sources

The company has also continued to win new business, entering into 114 lease commitments this year.

SYMPATHY VOTE -- New York City will get commitments this year to hold the Democratic and Republican National Conventions in 2004.

The Savannah Economic Development Authority, having signed up $360 million in new investment last year, has commitments this year for only $33 million.

DOW JONES Millennium Attracts $4 Billion in New Money  |  The New York hedge fund run by Israel Englander has been on a fund-raising tear, with more than $4 billion in new commitments this year from sovereign wealth funds, pensions and other big investors.

As Millennium Management, the New York hedge fund run by the industry titan Israel A. Englander, looks to grow and diversify, it has been on a fund-raising tear, with more than $4 billion in new commitments this year from sovereign wealth funds, pensions and other big investors, according to people with knowledge the fund.

That brought the number of fast-food companies and food retailers that have made such commitments this year to 32 — a stunning victory for the Humane Society of the United States, which has worked for years to persuade pork producers to make the change.

The World Bank has made $105 billion in financial commitments since July 2008 in response to the global economic turmoil.

"With your commitments today, you all are showing us what's possible," Mrs. Obama said.

Gustavo Coronel, a critic of President Hugo Chávez, says Mr Chávez has made $43 billion worth of foreign "commitments" since 1999.

"Mexico made commitments two years ago to open its market and it simply has not done so," he said.

Athens needs the tranche to meet debt commitments later this year.