Sentence examples for despite the pledge from inspiring English sources

Mark Gill of MORI showed that, despite the pledge, 62% of voters in 1997 believed Labour would increase income tax, compared to 66% in 1992.

Despite the pledge, many experts wonder whether the bailout -- the first of a major banking company in four years -- is the end of the financial industry's woes or the start of something worse.

However, the BBC has said that it will at least initially keep the contracts to make its big series, such as EastEnders and Strictly Come Dancing, made in-house despite the pledge to allow open competition.

Hees played down questions about how long a structure with two head offices could be maintained, saying he would commute between the two cities, despite the pledge to take out $1.5bn of costs a year by the end of 2017.

After a second day of emergency meetings at 10 Downing Street aimed at easing blockades that have left 90percentt of the country's filling stations dry, Mr. Blair grimly told a news conference that despite the pledge he had made on Tuesday of showing progress within 24 hours, the situation had only worsened.

Despite the pledge of silence rumours of the incident began circulate and were brought to Gordon-Cumming's attention.

Despite the pledges, the humanitarian organization Oxfam International has pressed Europe to offer more, saying billions will be needed given the vast scope of destruction.

Despite the pledges of the giant servicers to amend their practices, there are signs that foreclosure cases with other companies remain problematic.

Without the plan, the goal will almost certainly not be reached, despite the pledges of several states and even some large energy concerns to adopt greener technology.

But I would still say that despite the pledges and the goodwill that has been expressed, we still need much, much more commitment," he said.

But civil rights groups say that despite the pledges from federal officials, the less aggressive attitudes of the police and local prosecutors in cities and towns across Germany are little changed.