Sentence examples for past pledges from inspiring English sources
Past pledges of cooperation between presidential rivals have sometimes faded amid the intense partisanship that grips Washington.
Analysts are skeptical of OPEC's ability to engineer a quick turnaround, or stick with its past pledges to reduce production.
Past pledges to reduce radio services have been followed by whole or partial reprieve.Close up, you can see the blemishesAlthough the BBC remains extremely popular, worrying signs abound.
Mark Zuckerberg, the Facebook founder, is known for making quirky New Year's resolutions — past pledges included wearing neckties, learning Mandarin, and eating only the meat of animals that he had killed with his bare hands.
Despite past pledges by Niger's government to tackle people-smuggling, local officials in the Agadez region have profited from bribes being paid at checkpoints along the route, a Reuters investigation found.
The new accord was supposed to stop this, but it was unclear that it would turn out any differently than past pledges, which were broken by the Chinese, he said.
The United States, which has given $647 million in the past, pledged another $450 million, pending Congressional approval.
More important, most analysts predict the Fed will reiterate its past pledge to keep rates down for "a considerable period".
During a past pledge drive, for example, a $150 donation garnered a DVD and CD of the Clash, and in 2005 WNET co-produced the Martin Scorsese documentary "No Direction Home: Bob Dylan," which had its United States broadcast premiere on the station.
Facebook did not respond to a request for comment on the Redwood City evictions, though the company has in the past pledged to invest about $5m toward several regional housing initiatives.
Then there is State Senator Leonard Lance of Hunterdon, who has appeal as a fiscal conservative and an environmentalist; Robert Ray, a former Whitewater independent counsel; and Representative Frank LoBiondo, who in the past pledged not to serve more than 12 years in Congress and is approaching that self-imposed limit.
