Sentence examples for obtaining commitments from inspiring English sources

Preservationists have started a fund to purchase the land, obtaining commitments of nearly $4 million.

So long as U.S. emissions grow unchecked, obtaining commitments to lower emissions from countries like China and India is next to impossible.

In quiet meetings over the past month, American defense and national security officials have been trying to forestall those departures, while obtaining commitments of increasing numbers of troops from NATO allies.

In November 2010, a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in San Francisco, ruled that the plaintiffs were not eligible for overtime because their work — obtaining commitments from doctors to prescribe their companies' products when appropriate — was a form of salesmanship adapted to how prescription drugs are sold.

Leading private equity firms such as TPG, Blackstone and KKR are having trouble obtaining commitments to fund the deal.

When I spoke to him recently, he downplayed the Treasury's role and claimed that the profits were made essentially by obtaining commitments from major European banks that-for reasons never quite developed in 90 minutes of bafflegab-made it possible for the commitment-holders to rapidly double or quadruple their money.

Obtaining commitment from stakeholders to monitor the implementation's progress through regular feedback will contribute to the adoption of strategies to continuously improve implementation efforts and to promote shared learning [ 18, 22 ].

Warners obtained commitments to finance the transaction through a new term loan facility provided through Credit Suisse, Barclays, UBS, Macquarie and Nomura.

It has also obtained commitments to increased aid for economically depressed regions and to the provision of more vocational and skills training.

Besides Nebraska Furniture and Cabela's, Zimmer has obtained commitments for a 12-screen multiplex by Warren Theaters of Wichita and a 200-seat Applebee's restaurant.

At the core of the corporate standoff is an attempt by ABC and Disney to obtain commitments from Time Warner of more widespread and profitable distribution of Disney programming on Time Warner Cable.