Sentence examples for pledged to obey from inspiring English sources

The Chinese have pledged to obey the rules.

The elected member should be a representative, not a mere delegate pledged to obey undeviatingly the wishes of his constituents.

Only a few months ago Mr. Bush pledged to obey a Supreme Court ruling that the act required the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate greenhouse gases.

He said it would last for six months, and some members of the Mahdi Army in Baghdad on Friday pledged to obey and end attacks against Americans and Sunnis.

In the oath of office, he pledged to obey Islam and protect the constitution.

Ms. Karpinski, whose company requires users to sign an agreement pledging to obey local ordinances, said vacation rentals tended to provide higher revenues for property owners, an average of $33,000 per year, per unit, than residential rentals.

Fifty Shiite students wearing the white robes of would-be suicide bombers ceremonially kissed the hand of Sheikh Mahmud al-Hassani at Baghdad's Sadr City, pledging to obey him.

In the thirteenth century, the King of England summoned noblemen to court and demanded that they pledge to obey his laws and pay his taxes, and this they did.

During the ceremony, according to details that were published online on Thursday night, Miss Middleton will not pledge to "obey" Prince William, as is traditional, but instead to "love, comfort, honor and keep" him.

More important, Mr. Kherchtou told the jury that he was unsure whether Mr. El-Hage had ever taken Al Qaeda's oath of "bayat," a pledge to obey the group at any cost.

One British official in Baghdad expressed exasperation at "an almost complete inability to engage with what needs to be done, and to bring to bear sufficient resources to make a difference".Religious non-violenceIn the Shia south, bureaucrats bristle at being told they will get paid only after signing a pledge to "obey orders of the Coalition Provisional Authority".