Sentence examples for first time commitments from inspiring English sources

For the first time commitments were kept and actions followed through by volunteers.

Nicholas Stern, chair of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, has been equally confident: "The summit has generated, for the first time, commitments on emissions reductions from the world's two largest emitters, China and the US, and they have acted for the first time to produce proposals for action.

The share dealings indicate an urgent need to raise cash, an observation supported by the fact that, just before the end of last year, Vivendi abruptly sold 9% of its stake in Vivendi Environnement, bringing in euro1.2 billion.Vivendi further surprised investors in March by properly disclosing for the first time commitments it had made to buy its own shares at prices well above the current level.

The world's biggest polluters have made new commitments to cut emissions, and for the first time these commitments are coming from developing countries too.

In the run-up to general elections last month all the major political parties for the first time made commitments to improving public schooling.

Buchanan made an oblique reference to the division within the union, noting, "This is not the first time that commitments made by the N.B.R.A.'s negotiators were not met".

Though this is admittedly difficult at first, with time, commitment, affirmations, and positive reinforcement you can eventually picture yourself catching up.

"This is an extremely welcome announcement from Australia and for the first time expands international commitment beyond Europe," Ed Davey, the UK's energy and climate change minister, said.

Since 2003 a new medical-insurance system, involving for the first time a financial commitment by the central government, has been set up in at least 80% of rural counties in place of the long-discarded barefoot-doctor scheme.

In his remarks in Aqaba, Mr. Bush referred for the first time to his commitment to Israel's security as "a vibrant Jewish state, " a formulation that both sides interpreted to mean that Palestinians refugees of the 1948 Arab-Israeli war and their descendants would not be granted a full right of return to what is now Israel.

For the first time, information on donor commitments made at global summits and high-level events has been collated in the same place, as well as information on how much of such commitments has actually been delivered.