Sentence examples for official pledges from inspiring English sources

Building them will require the government to do more to earn the trust of a public that is rightly suspicious of official pledges to protect the environment.

Researchers had reported on the cemetery in 2007, but despite official pledges to restore and protect it, little has been done.

Despite decades of official pledges to clean up the mess, the stench of raw sewage still greets travelers touching down at Rio's international airport.

Their angst stemmed partly from earlier official pledges that Greece would not default or restructure its debts: a "voluntary" loss-taking by private investors would have allowed that fiction to be upheld.

And even the 7,000 figure was notional; NATO is holding a "force generation conference" this week at which time official pledges will be made, and there are questions about whether it will reach that number.

At times he micromanages.The taskmasterGiven Mr Modi's predilection for tasks, The Economist has compiled a list of 30-odd official pledges announced in the past year to outline his government's ambitions.

In 2001 a senior Beijing official pledged that hosting the games would "benefit the further development of our human-rights cause".

And despite an official pledge to prioritize "social" use of the Internet, he and others using university or hospital connections complained they were as slow as ever.

This followed an official pledge to "fight fire with fire" and the return of army soldiers to patrol the park's borders.

PARIS — Europe's top fisheries official pledged Tuesday to work for a new fishing treaty with Morocco after the previous agreement was dropped last month by the European Parliament over concerns of overfishing and other issues.

This comes on the heels of an official pledge to introduce a deposit-insurance scheme this year.China's leaders were so worried about the risks of liberalising too quickly that the pace of reform has often seemed glacial.