Sentence examples for pledge of tolerance from inspiring English sources

Relations were restored in 575 and Mundhir secured from the Byzantine emperor both recognition of his royal status and a pledge of tolerance towards the Monophysite Church.

Romano Prodi, the president of the European commission, took over in 1999 with a pledge of zero tolerance for fraud.

It is understandable that many will sneer at the IOC's pledge of "zero tolerance" to doping and ask whether they can trust anything they see.

And the arrival of a wave of French Huguenots in the 18th century, drawn by the city's pledge of religious tolerance to all, brought desserts to the party, plus even more emphasis on pork, introducing charcuterie and cassoulets.

The question, however, is whether Congress will undertake the broad reforms necessary to encourage more victims to come forward and to show that legislators take seriously the pledge of zero tolerance for such crimes that military leaders and successive administrations have been making for decades.

Philadelphia's pledge of religious tolerance attracted many other religions beside Quakers.

Treating P.T.S.D. claims for sexual assaults more skeptically than combat-related claims hurts veterans suffering in the aftermath of such attacks, and contributes to the damaging sense that the assaults are not taken seriously by those in charge — notwithstanding repeated pledges of zero tolerance.

The problem of sexual assault in the military is not new, neither are the pledges of "zero tolerance" from commanders, which date all the way back to then-Secretary of Defense Dick Cheney in 1992.

The foundation is now hoping to turn the house into a museum of tolerance, with the Portuguese authorities pledging last month to make an initial contribution of about $400,000.

30 October: Mr Sarkozy pledges "zero tolerance" of rioting and sends police reinforcements to Clichy-sous-Bois. 3 November: Violence spreads beyond Paris region to eastern city of Dijon and parts of south and west.

Mr. Clinton also spoke of the importance of tolerance in the United States, challenging Mr. Bush to follow through on his pledge to unite the country.