Sentence examples for demand pledges from inspiring English sources

This causes them to sell assets, sending prices down further and prompting lenders to demand pledges of even more capital.

The colonel's revolutionary-committee loyalists resurfaced in rebel-held areas, demanding pledges of allegiance from drivers trapped in traffic.

The UN had been demanding pledges for a three-year tribunal and commitments for the first 12 months.

In the early years of AIDS, scientists who developed the key biological materials needed to test for the virus demanded pledges for acknowledgment, even co-authorship, from recipients.

Euro zone members have demanded those pledges in exchange for signing off on any new funds.

To meet the brokers' demand, he pledged 25 million shares of his company's stock, out of about 45 million he owns.

The tensions broke into the open on Wednesday, when it emerged that Southern European nations — including Croatia, Greece, Italy, Malta and Spain — had demanded concrete pledges from the rest of the bloc to help manage the influx of migrants, which continues to cost lives, overwhelm southern countries' resources and clash with the bloc's humanitarian ideals.

But there is fundamental division between those demanding tough pledges, such as ending biodiversity loss by 2020, and those who argue this is not possible.

McCarthy demanded loyalty pledges to the United States.

Help Dr. Kim lead the World Bank into the 21st century and demand he pledge $500 million of the Bank's energy portfolio to clean energy access.

At both of the stops, crowds of seniors made calls to Sen. Susan Collins' (R-ME) office to demand she pledge to vote no on any reconciliation bill that includes Medicare or Medicaid.