Sentence examples for committed to balancing from inspiring English sources

All the main parties are committed to balancing the books in the next parliament – whatever the smears from David Cameron.

"The government is committed to balancing the books over a sensible period of time, in a way that allows space to support the economy".

To achieve this, the 66-year-old must avoid parroting an anti-austerity rhetoric, given that we have just elected a Conservative government committed to balancing the nation's books.

… The mayor is committed to balancing the budget without raising taxes, Ms. Collins said, and even with the cuts, more children would be accommodated than when Mr. Bloomberg was first elected a decade ago.

C. Eugene Steuerle of the Urban Institute, who worked in the Reagan administration, said Mr. McCain "may well be committed to balancing the budget in five years, but does not tell you how he would reach that goal".

One can argue that Keynesianism was not used properly in the 1930s because FDR was too committed to balancing the budget; or one can argue, as Lewis does, that a recovery was stymied by higher taxes and attempts to prop up wages, both essentially Keynesian ideas.

And the IFS says that if it were balanced in 2017-18 - which is when the Tories and Lib Dems are committed to balance it - Labour would need to make £18bn of cuts.

By knowing myself and my values, being committed to balance and having true self-confidence and genuine humility, I can far more easily make decisions, no matter if I'm facing a crisis or an opportunity.

This highly political occupant of Number 11 believes he can portray Labour as irresponsible if it doesn't also commit to balancing the books, and to bringing historic levels of debt down year by year.

Eisenhower had publicly committed to both balancing the budget and containing growing threats around the world, while in secret he began a broad rethinking of American national security called Project Solarium.

Britain is not in the euro-zone, but is committed to budget balance in normal times.