Sentence examples for pledges of amounts from inspiring English sources

Ask for and take pledges of amounts that members will promise to donate monthly or in a lump sum to help pay off bonds.

But pledges of aid amount to just 40 percent of the total required, according to the United Nations.

This interactive by the Guardian shows how actual payments fall significantly short of amounts pledged to fight Ebola.

The evidence conclusively demonstrated that from 2009-2011 Saints players of their own accord pledged significant amounts of their own money toward bounties, that players accepted payments for "cart-offs" and "knockouts" of injured opposing players, and that the payout amounts doubled and tripled for playoff games.

In the aftermath of Katrina, Americans, from individuals to restaurants to businesses, have spontaneously pledged large amounts of money for the victims.

The public pledging of such large amounts is intended more as a confidence measure, he added.

To that end Germany has pledged large amounts of public money, both in our contributions to various rescue funds and through the Bundesbank's share of risks taken by the European Central Bank (ECB).

While the United States and its allies have yet to defeat fully the Taliban or Al Qaeda, Osama bin Laden's organization, officials said they had begun preparing a blueprint for reconstruction because nations were more likely to pledge large amounts of money now than later, before so-called donor fatigue sets in.

Half the representation on the commission was given to foreigners who effectively bought their seats by pledging certain amounts of money.

As countries pledged record amounts of aid to Syrians at a London conference on Thursday, bombs rained down on northern Syria, making it even harder for aid organizations to reach those trapped by the country's war.

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