Sentence examples for pledges to permit from inspiring English sources

At the same time, though, his spokesman, Bela Anda, said the Berlin government would honor pledges to permit overflights by American planes and the use of American bases in Germany.

In the language of the treaty, Israel pledges to permit US citizens the right to "travel freely, to reside at places of their choice, to enjoy liberty of conscience" and to guarantee them "the most constant protection and security".

The church has pledged to permit up to 100 protesters to sleep in its cramped Parish Hall from Wednesday night through Saturday morning.

Chinese authorities won't even live up to an explicit pledge to permit unfettered access to the internet for reporters at the Olympic media centre.

Bill Rammell, the British Foreign Office minister, called in the Chinese ambassador to London to protest the erosion of the "high degree of autonomy" Beijing had pledged to permit in Hong Kong.

On May 6, the I.R.A. pledged to permit inspections of its secret arms supplies and to "completely and verifiably" put its arms "beyond use".

On Mr. Clinton's first full day in office, his secretary of defense, Les Aspin, was excoriated by members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff over the new president's effort to fulfill his campaign pledge to permit gay men and lesbians to serve openly in the military.

They appear in a sentence pledging not to "permit the slow undoing of those human rights to which this nation has always been committed, and to which we are committed today at home and around the world".

Thus it was no surprise that despite an earlier pledge not to permit an unfair election this month, Mr. Khatami eventually capitulated to Ayatollah Khamenei and is allowing Friday's charade to go ahead.

And Mr Abbas has been invited to talk things through directly with Mr Obama in Washington.For his part, Mr Netanyahu has balked at a total building freeze in East Jerusalem, but has discreetly pledged not to permit "provocations", which is understood to mean no more large public-housing projects in the eastern part of the city, at least for the time being.

In its defense, the Motion Picture Association of America pledged to tighten marketing practices, promising to permit underage audiences for R-rated test screenings only if accompanied by an adult.