Sentence examples for obtained pledges from inspiring English sources

He was able to do so even though, unlike his father, he has not yet secured the backing of the United Nations and he has not obtained pledges of military cooperation from a large number of nations.

Representative Rick A. Lazio, trying to put Hillary Rodham Clinton on the defensive over her campaign finance practices, declared today that he had obtained pledges from 14 political groups to stay out of the New York Senate race if Mrs. Clinton renounces soft money.

In a supplementary treaty signed on Aug. 27, 1918, Russia not only granted Germany additional economic right on its territory but obtained pledges that German troops would intervene to expel Allied forces from its territory and crush the so-called White armies formed in southern Russia.

Both had openly declared their candidacies, and were the only Democrats to have organizations seeking to obtain pledged delegates.

The nationwide canvassing event to obtain pledge signatures in support of Obama's plans lasted only a few hours, but a group of Bay Area volunteers pledged to do much more.

This is well in excess of the nearly $500m Mr Tsvangirai said he had obtained in pledges of various kinds during a tour of Western capitals.There is much uncertainty about all of these offers of money, not least the extent to which they are a repackaging of existing pledges and what conditions have been attached.

According to the campaign, an Iranian police spokesman, Saeed Montazer al-Mahdi, said police had "obtained 207,053 pledges from norm-breakers [women who had not sufficiently observed strict hijab] in writing [to observe the law], referred 18,081 cases to the Judiciary, and gave warning and guidance to 2,917,000 other norm-breakers".

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC) has obtained "interoperability pledges" from major health systems and health IT vendors.

He obtained a pledge that the number of civilian advisers should be raised to about 1,000.

Nkrumah, obtained a pledge from the Mayor of Accra, & on the way back, in London, had tea with Mrs. Hugh Gaitskell.

Mr. Bakiyev was in Moscow seeking desperately needed financial support and obtained a pledge for a $2 billion loan and $150 million in aid.