Sentence examples for committed to pressing from inspiring English sources

The White House's opening bid committed to pressing for changes next year to federal health care programs that would save $400 billion over 10 years.

Scotland increased the age at which children can be prosecuted from eight to 12 in 2011, and in Northern Ireland, the minister for justice, David Ford, has committed to pressing for an increase, favouring 12 or 14.

The government is committed to pressing ahead with the broad Y-shaped route to Leeds and Manchester, which it claims will provide up to three times as many intercity train seats as now and free more space on existing lines for commuter services.

Played in blustery conditions which caused an early hold-up in play as advertising hoardings were blown across the pitch, and against opponents committed to pressing high and hard, this match had the potential to be a tough one for the Gunners.

That's why we are committed to pressing for action, supporting efforts to make this technology a part of daily life, not just a scene in a James Bond movie.

Middle East experts said that perhaps the best thing to come out of the Annapolis conference was that it had publicly committed Mr. Bush, Mr. Olmert and Mr. Abbas to pressing for peace.

Ashley Young committed himself to pressing the ball deep inside the Tottenham half and Davinson Sánchez hit it long into the space the United left-back should have been covering.

The authors of the PNAS article, and their many supporters, have committed themselves to pressing for change.

If Turkey is truly committed to the rights of the Palestinians, it should be pressing other Muslim countries to seriously encourage an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal — the best way to up the pressure on Israel.

It should be understood, however, that such problems may remain pressing even for those who are firmly committed to classical approaches to paradox.

The problems of de se knowledge are particularly pressing for feminist theory, because it is committed to theorizing in ways that women can use to improve their lives.