Sentence examples for pledge efforts from inspiring English sources

In 1995 the abduction and rape of a 12-year-old girl on Okinawa by three US servicemen sparked huge protests, prompting Washington to pledge efforts to strengthen troop discipline to prevent such crimes and reduce its footprint on the island.

In 1995 the abduction and rape of a 12-year-old girl on Okinawa by three US servicemen sparked massive protests, prompting Washington to pledge efforts to strengthen troop discipline to prevent such crimes and reduce its footprint on the island.

One donor from TreatDrop, a startup that helps users send real-time cashless "treats", led pledge efforts with a whopping donation of $1,500.

You start with multiple individuals and organizations that have created independent tables, with their seats filled by leaders who would feel marginalized or underutilized in "big table" events and pledge efforts.

A year ago, when senior American and Chinese officials met, the joint statement pledged efforts to cooperate on inspections of auditing firms.

The meeting also pledged efforts to cut sexual and injection-drug transmission of the AIDS virus in half by 2015 and to raise the number of infected people receiving drug treatment to 15 million.

The meeting also drew a broad range of industry leaders many who "pledged" efforts to mitigate climate change.

BRUSSELS — European Union regulators announced a ban Monday on the import and sale of cosmetics containing ingredients tested on animals and to pledge more efforts to push other parts of the world, like China, to accept alternatives.

As they have for 18 years running, the gathered nations pledged renewed efforts.

China has pledged massive efforts to clean up Beijing's appalling pollution in time for the Olympics.

Bearman and Brückner have also identified a peculiar dilemma: in some schools, if too many teens pledge, the effort basically collapses.