Sentence examples for pledges to the contrary from inspiring English sources
All three countries fear that Kurdistan, despite public pledges to the contrary, will declare its independence from the interim Iraqi government if conditions don't improve after June 30th.
Election pledges to the contrary, the new Liberal govt. has made it clear - with budget cuts reducing to less than 200 million American dollars, funds for aboriginal assistance, and by public actions and pronouncements - that it does not share former Prime Minister Whitlam's concern for these indigenous people or for the world's opinion of their fate.
For example, despite his pledges to the contrary, some who earn less than $250,000 a year will pay a new tax — if they don't buy health coverage — and most "typical families" are unlikely to see their health costs fall by the promised $2,500 a year.
The lack of orchestration — despite pledges to the contrary from European Union officials Monday and a plea from the head of the International Monetary Fund to step forward with concrete plans — raised the prospect that the European Central Bank would need to help mop up the mess by cutting interest rates, a move hinted at by the E.C.B.'s president, Jean-Claude Trichet, last week.
Finally, nominating a presidential candidate from within the party (Khairat al-Shater), despite numerous pledges to the contrary over the past year, made it clear that the transformation of the MB was complete.
It hardly mattered that FIFA, soccer's world governing body, gave pledges to the contrary.
In an interview that aired last Thursday on Texas Monthly Talks, Clinton said she intends to press the issue that Florida and Michigan delegates be seated, despite the widespread belief that she signed a pledge to the contrary.
However, a good case can be made that the now-vilified Chamberlain saved Britain's bacon during World War II and that, despite his pledge to the contrary, Winston Churchill was the one who sold the British Empire down the river, even forfeiting Britain's standing as a world power.
But despite pledges and promises to the contrary, the real purpose for building the road is the same as it ever was: moving fish and workers to and from King Cove's canneries.
However, shutting down speculation to the contrary, Mr. Fitzgerald pledged not to take any action on any part of the budget bill until the Democrats returned.
