Sentence examples for has committed close from inspiring English sources

Until Mr. Gingrich's PAC started advertising heavily this week, the major political presence on Florida's airwaves was Mitt Romney, who has committed close to $7 million to ads.

But they are vitally important to keep in mind when the mayor has committed close to £1bn to realizing his cycling plans and such a handsome sum could have been spent instead on, say, the night bus service, which would immediately benefit some of London's poorest workers.

UNITAID has committed close to US$3000 million since 2006 to programs intended to bridge gaps in care, most notably in treating pediatric tuberculosis and multidrug- resistant strains of the disease.

The country's endless wars, foreign occupations and targeted drone killings have stretched our military thin, robbed us of resources needed to shore up our infrastructure, and left us vulnerable to blowback, and yet the U.S. government has committed close to $6 trillion to advance wars in the Middle East and prop up the military industrial complex.

Since 2006, CCNSW has committed close to $100 million in new funding through the external research program to researchers across Australia.

In fact, with Europe and the International Monetary Fund having committed close to $1 trillion to the crisis since it flared early last year, the extent to which the new European fund is seen as credible will go a long way toward determining whether the markets will accept Europe's broader strategy in addressing its economic ills.

While China has not taken the final step needed to shut down its domestic ivory market, it has committed to close its market soon - an action likely to inflict a grave blow to ivory criminals.

Which it really needs to do, given the Mayor of London has committed to closing almost all ticket offices on the Tube network by 2015 — although the sweetener for that is longer Tube running hours.

Australia has committed to 'Closing the Gap' between Aboriginal and other Australians [ 2].

In England, the government has committed itself to closing the achievement gap.

The government has committed to trialling Staying Close later this year.