Sentence examples for pledge set from inspiring English sources

BY HIS own standard George Bush is failing in his pledge, set out in his state-of-the-union message in 2002, not to allow the world's most dangerous regimes to acquire nuclear weapons.

The Giving Pledge, set up by the Microsoft co-founder, his wife Melinda Gates and investor Warren Buffet, was designed as a way for the wealthy to use their money for good causes.

The Funeral Poverty Pledge, set up by anti-poverty charity Quaker Social Action, for example, encourages funeral directors to be more transparent over their pricing models and lists the businesses that have signed up to the pledge.

More than 2,700 researchers from around the world have so far signed an online pledge set up by Tyler Neylon, a fellow-mathematician who was inspired by Dr Gowers's post, promising not to submit their work to Elsevier's journals, or to referee or edit papers appearing in them.

The pledge set the record for the biggest philanthropic contribution ever made.

Australia's pledge set an emissions reduction target of 26-28 percent (from 2005 levels) by 2030.

Charles agreed briefly, but soon violated his pledge, setting the stage for the murderous civil war.

This is a "negative pledge", setting out what Cardiff may not do according to their responsibilities under the mortgage.

But Scottish MP Douglas Alexander, who has been prominent in Labour's "no" campaign, said the pledge sets out a viable vision that can unite Scotland.

That's why all our ­Conservative candidates for the European parliament have signed a pledge setting out new standards of transparency and ethical behaviour.

Researchers from the Climate Action Tracker project said existing pledges set the world on course for 3.2C of warming.