Sentence examples for get a pledge from inspiring English sources

The build-up towards a war involving Lombards, Gepids, and Byzantines started possibly in 548 or 549, with Audoin and Thurisind each sending an embassy to Justinian's court at Constantinople, in attempts to obtain military support from Justinian or at least, in the case of Thurisind, to get a pledge of neutrality.

A crowd of several thousand people in East Lansing got a pledge that the military would be strengthened.

Adair met President George Bush the following day to express his concerns, and got a pledge of support.

The loans were improper, the lawsuit says, because the Fed made them without getting a pledge of high-quality collateral from A.I.G., as required by law.

On her latest album, "A Different Me" (Imani/Geffen), men are more likely to treat her well; she even gets a pledge of loyalty from a rapper, Nas, who joined her on Sunday for that song, "Oh-Oh, Yeah-Yea".

A11 Africans Press Bush for Aid The leaders of five African nations confronted President Bush about what they said was the slow pace at which the United States is releasing aid to poor nations, and got a pledge from Mr. Bush to speed things up.

Even Sanders' most fanatical supporters seem to acknowledge he doesn't have a path to getting a pledged delegate majority.

"He was unable to get a clear pledge from General Secretary Kim to dismantle his nuclear program," the mainstream newspaper Mainichi Shimbun said.

The ministers completed a statement condemning terrorism, though efforts by the United States to get a specific pledge of support for its military operations in Afghanistan foundered after Indonesia and Malaysia raised objections.

Her stay here was very profitable; it seems that she was able to get a $10,000,000 pledge from a couple of business men as well as a commitment from Rio de Janeiro's mayor to apply the educational and spiritual methods of SFK to Rio de Janeiro public schools.

The struggle to get a major manifesto pledge through Westminster contrasts markedly with the experience in Scotland, where a comprehensive new act has changed the face of housing.