Sentence examples for eliciting pledges from inspiring English sources

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Council members had more success eliciting pledges of managerial reforms and a renewed commitment to passenger safety by the Department of Transportation.

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The Democratic National Committee, on the other hand, voted simply not to seat any of the delegates from those two states at the party's convention, and it elicited pledges from the candidates not to campaign there.

Concerned about the loss of nearly three million factory jobs since January 2001, the A.F.L.-C.I.O. is asking President Bush to impose punitive tariffs of up to 77percentt on China or to elicit a pledge to halt all such violations.

Only the threat of the document's rejection by five state ratifying conventions elicited a pledge that a separate written Bill of Rights would soon follow and would include freedom of speech and religion.

Together, these three economies produce over half of the world's heat-trapping gases, and their pledges elicited guarded optimism among diplomats and long-time climate change observers, who noted that the two-decade-long negotiations over an international climate change pact might finally be bearing fruit.

They were told to organize gatherings with friends and neighbors at which they were to present a Labastida video and elicit vote pledges, she said.

And among the promises that Ms. Lynch made while reciting her vows was "to be the very best parent I can be," as well as "to do my best to get her 'iCarly' tickets" — a pledge that elicited giggles.

The plan elicited sharp criticism from hospital executives and local elected officials, who pledged to fight it.

This elicited a laugh.

That elicited a response.

Haircuts that elicited applause.

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