Sentence examples for increasing pledges from inspiring English sources

According to the same study, health officials in Tanzania's Ministry of Health "viewed the initiative as a catalyst to attract a greater proportion of government budget to the [immunization] program", and further, that "donors were also increasing pledges and expenditure".

And American officials say that the Obama administration is certain to press countries to fulfill, or even increase, pledges for personnel and equipment for the NATO mission in Afghanistan, long a point of tension among allies.

This still leaves a substantial gap from the target of $100bn year, but one that could be bridged by 2020 given recent increased pledges from developed country governments, and if interest from private sector institutions is encouraged.

Shouting about the severity of the defense cuts simply underscores the cost of their no-tax-increase pledges.

This led to a re-medicalization of HIV/AIDS and increasing international pledging of resources (see Figure 1).

Quality updates can lead them to increase their pledges and attract more backers.

I thought up the no-tax-increase pledge when I was 14 years old.

Back then he signed Grover Norquist's no-tax-increase pledge, something that Mr. Van Koevering, a friend and political adviser to the congressman, said he would advise against doing now.

Re "For Tax Pledge and Its Author, a Test of Time" (front page, Nov. 20), about Republican legislators struggling with the implications of having signed Grover Norquist's anti-tax-increase pledge: First, signing such a pledge is irresponsible.

The chancellor added that he would increase the child tax credit by £25 a year from next April, which comes on top of the £150 increase pledged in last July's budget, with a further increase of £25 in 2010.

Officials at the organization dispute that and say they quickly realized they had a problem when Ms. Scozzafava balked at signing a no-tax-increase pledge that is a staple of House Republican campaigns.