Sentence examples for elicit a commitment from inspiring English sources

The resolution passed on Thursday seeks to present caste-based discrimination as a global challenge and elicit a commitment from European Union member states to incorporate concerns regarding caste in their engagement with "caste-affected" countries, including India.

Several Democrats, especially Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts, sought to elicit a commitment from Mr. Evans to allow statistical sampling to supplement last year's decennial count of the population if Census Bureau experts find that achieving an accurate tally requires it.

For example, to elicit a public commitment to engage in a behavior (Chassin et al.

We examined one approach designed to help children resist this temptation: eliciting a verbal commitment to not cheat.

BBC Breakfast presenter Susanna Reid has elicited a verbal commitment from Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner to take part in Strictly Come Dancing 2014.

Nonetheless, it is Pakistan that is now on the spot.Mr Clinton presumably hopes to elicit from General Musharraf a commitment to rein in the militancy in Kashmir in return for an Indian agreement to resume dialogue on the disputed state.

One of the things that elicited his commitment -- a great relationship with defensive backs coach Kerry Cooks -- later became a reason for Green-Warren to back away from his decision.

Mr. Fishman said negotiations were under way with two arts groups with New Jersey roots, as well as the Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company, to elicit input in designing the theater/studio complex, as well as a commitment to use it.

While the United Nations climate change talks in Paris struggled to elicit credible commitments, notably missing from the debate was "environmental displacement" – people fleeing their homes on account of natural disaster.

This course focuses on the skills sets needed to elicit high commitment and productivity from people and groups.

Difficulties resulted from the lack of opportunity to perfect the service-delivery system before undertaking the experiment and from the inability to elicit full commitment to the project from the participating agencies.