Sentence examples for is to commit ourselves from inspiring English sources

"Our goal is to commit ourselves to fielding the best candidate".

Lib Dem MP John Leech said "the only way we can dissociate ourselves from this top-rate Tory cut is to commit ourselves to reintroducing it".

And three is to commit ourselves to action and the cost of transformation.

He introduced Mayor Akiba, who said, "To remember the past, in the words of Pope John Paul, is to commit ourselves to the future.

Perhaps one way we can best commemorate the Declaration is to commit ourselves to make real the ideals of freedom and justice.

West, John Yes, but I wish you would acknowledge that income tax is more progressive than indirect taxes; and that excessive payments to the highest earners damage the sense of community we must foster if all of us are to commit ourselves whole-heartedly to the common good.

"If we as a society are to commit ourselves to reducing future losses from natural and man-made disasters in the truly long run, we need to do more than hope that individuals and policymakers will see wisdom in these investments on their own," they write.

Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, as has already been mentioned, it is the International Year of Biodiversity and, this year, we are being asked to commit ourselves to resolving a triple crisis.

One of the men's online postings questioned whether it is "possible to commit ourselves as dedicated martyrs while here [in the U.S.]... to shoot Obama and then get shot ourselves".

The reason why we are hesitant to commit ourselves to it explicitly is bad past experience.

Right now we are told that we can't reasonably expect electric cars to replace petroleum, because the pay-back period is seven years; we haven't been able to commit ourselves to retrofitting leaky and wasteful homes and offices, because banks won't even acknowledge the economic benefits of lower utility bills to residents and tenants.