Sentence examples for convincing pledge from inspiring English sources

He will have to press Mr. Hu for a convincing pledge that China is committed to a peaceful rise, that it will engage in substantive talks about its military plans and will push North Korea hard to give up its nuclear program.

In a classic scene from Animal House, frat guys convince their pledge, Flounder, to let them use his brother's car, which they promptly wreck.

They were not convinced by his pledge about their futures should they be convicted.

Few were convinced that this pledge by McConnell represented much of a breakthrough, and Schumer was soon under fire for selling out the Dreamers.

Had Vogts convinced Wayne Rooney to pledge his allegiance to Scotland, as he attempted to do, he may be looked upon more favourably in a personnel sense.

Russian Aluminum convinced Chubais to pledge a stake in the unfinished Boguchansk hydroelectric plant in Siberia (replacement cost: $1 billion) to secure a $10 million loan to the plant.

Another industrial giant, Russian Aluminum, convinced Chubais to pledge a stake in the unfinished Boguchansk hydroelectric plant (replacement cost: $1 billion) in return for a loan of $10 million.

Playing off a prior working relationship at an old local theater the author bought and renovated in 2013, Meow Wolf co-founder and CEO Vince Kadlubek convinced Martin to pledge $2.7 million dollars toward a permanent creative space for the group.

Before interviewing at his first firm, Smith Barney, in 2007, Boutté called and met with friends and family members and convinced them to pledge their business to him if he ever got hired as a financial advisor.

Morgan again approached the bank presidents, but this time was only able to convince them to pledge $9.7 million.

But the statements failed to provide relief to Greek and European assets, which have been punished recently by investors, who are not yet convinced by the pledges of support for Athens.