Sentence examples for last pledge from inspiring English sources

In aggregate, stations raised $32 million in the last pledge period in December, said John Wilson, PBS's chief programmer.

The fund's last pledge round, in October 2010, raised $11.7 billion, well short of the $13 billion "austerity budget" it said it needed as a minimum to continue programs already started.

(On my Twitter stream, that last pledge sparked some skepticism. One person sent me a link to an OpenSecrets.org page showing that three of Clinton's top four campaign donors, in the course of her career, are Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, and JPMorgan Chase).

Platts, an authoritative energy publication, estimated that OPEC's production dropped by 880,000 barrels a day in November, or half what the cartel last pledged.

Nearly every wave of immigrants in this country's history competed with one another to be more "American" than the last, pledging their allegiance to success and the idea of "whiteness", vying for their place among the chosen.

They make their products to last and pledge to give 1% of their turnover or 10% of pre-tax profits (whichever is greater) to grass-root environmental and social projects.

At last report, pledges received so far would boost the endowment past $80 million, but the timetable for receiving the pledges remained unclear.

"My opponent in that last election pledged that he could bring down the unemployment rate to six per cent by 2016 next yearar," Obama said.

This has been expanded, and thanks to Nick Clegg and my successor, Norman Lamb, the last budget pledged an additional £1.25bn to improve children's mental health over the next five years.

"My opponent in that last election pledged that he could bring down the unemployment rate to six per cent by 2016 next year," Obama said.

In taking charge in November 2006, Mr. Cruise and Ms. Wagner, whose producing partnership has yielded movies including "Mission: Impossible" and "The Last Samurai," pledged to honor the company's roots.