Sentence examples for exacting commitments from inspiring English sources

Mr. Brown plans to host an international conference on Afghanistan in London on Jan . 28with the objective of laying down a charter for the war's future conduct and, especially, for exacting commitments from the government of President Hamid Karzai.

He used the occasion to lay the groundwork for an international conference on Afghanistan in London that Britain and the United States, along with other parties to the war, have agreed to hold on Jan . 28 with the objective of laying down a charter for the war's future conduct and, especially, for exacting commitments from the government of President Hamid Karzai.

Their exacting commitment to this ideal of spiritual partnership has been an inspiration to many.

Committee members, for the most part, did not try to exact commitments for improved service from the airlines.

Ms. Raman said that while she still hoped to see other developed nations "step up" by contributing more to the fund, they had not yet made their exact commitments clear.

In the Commons in June, armed forces minister Adam Ingram confirmed Britain's intention to buy the F-35, but remained vague about our exact commitment, for which "we will take the decision when the project is sufficiently mature".

I'm holding my nerve because it is the right thing to do".Mr Giles adds:The exact commitment is not directly quoted, so there might still be some wiggle room in Mr Posen's pledge, but not much.

The minute you say you won't do something, fate decides otherwise and makes you recant on that exact commitment.

Although some Sunni parties chose in the end to endorse the constitution, they exacted a commitment that puts the entire document up for wholesale re-negotiation after the December election.

Demand commitment.

The details are expected to be finalised next week and any new commitments Samaras makes will be scrutinised by the electorate, which voted him into power earlier this year on the promise of exacting more lenient conditions from the troika.