Sentence examples for pledge to foster from inspiring English sources

Meanwhile, the banks are failing to keep a modest pledge to foster growth by lending more to business.

Some critics saw that as a betrayal of Mr. Obama's campaign pledge to foster a "new politics" reaching across the aisle in Washington since Mr. Emanuel is such a skilled specialist in the razor-edged old politics of slicing up the opposition.

Both figures are 2% increases over 1997 and in line with the Administration's pledge to foster high-quality, basic research.

The drinks company SABMiller is one such partner who has signed up to measures that include a general pledge to "foster a culture of responsible drinking".

The American Society for Engineering Education is developing diversity and inclusion best practices for more than 200 member universities, and those schools have signed a pledge to foster diversity in their engineering programs.

ripped into the president on Sunday for abandoning his pledge to foster bipartisanship in Washington, accusing Obama of creating a more toxic political environment than that which existed during the Clinton administration.

To promote development in the Andean highlands, he pledged to foster projects to improve irrigation and wool production from alpacas and llamas.

It also cast a shadow over the international conference, where Mr. Putin, joined by the presidents of Finland and Iceland and scores of diplomats, scientists and oil executives, pledged to foster diplomatic, economic and environmental cooperation in the Arctic.

And the White House has pledged to "foster a Culture of Preparedness that permeates all levels of society," so that families, businesses and government agencies make emergency planning an everyday concern.

An example of this momentum is our GLASS Lab Institute in partnership with the Institute of Play, which through a partnership with Electronic Arts is pledging a new commitment to foster the creation of engaging and intellectually stimulating software for young people.

Of course, all new chief executives pledge to be agents of change, to foster transparency, to reach across the political aisle, to take on powerful interests, to pursue a bold agenda, yada yada yada.