Sentence examples for pledges that were from inspiring English sources

The compromise would dilute government pledges that were prompted by mass protests outside the Parliament on Oct. 4.

Letters from the United Way's auditor suggest that she covered up the losses by inflating the reported amount of pledges that were unfulfilled.

The speech was full of the kind of pledges that were so noticeably absent from his previous conference addresses and for which critics have been calling.

Each heads a powerful apparatus and each has his own priorities: Mr. Medvedev cares more about innovation and economic development, whereas Mr. Putin prioritizes the expansive social pledges that were central to his re-election bid, said Aleksei Mukhin, director of the Center for Political Information, a research group in Moscow.

Tens of billions of dollars were committed by Indian firms on the first day of the conference, though observers said these events had a history of pledges that were never followed through.

The Tories, he said, had included more than £2bn in pledges that were not current party policy, such as subsidised nursery provision for all children, increased benefits for the over-25s, buying out all private NHS contracts and reversing all cuts to arts funding.

The promises are among a number of campaign pledges that are yet to be fulfilled.

It is also important that countries make pledges that are credible," it says.

Economists have a phrase for pledges that are unlikely to be honored even though the people who make them claim to be sincere.

For example, alumni are invited to make multi-year pledges that are matched by lifetime members of the National Alumni Association.

The season is bearing fast upon us the season for political campaign promises, position statements and pledges, that is.