Sentence examples for pledging them from inspiring English sources

"What sets Treasuries apart is the fact that holders can turn them into cash at a moment's notice either by selling or pledging them," notes Wrightson ICAP, a broker.

A new global agreement on climate change, agreed by 196 countries, joining developed and developing nations together and pledging them to limit warming in line with scientific advice: just a year ago, only the brave would have predicted it possible.

NATO soldiers arrested two Bosnian Croats suspected of war crimes and sent them to the war-crimes tribunal in The Hague.The OECD and several Latin American countries signed a convention pledging them to make bribery of government officials a criminal offence.NeedledAll American military personnel are to be vaccinated against anthrax, believed to be stockpiled by Iraq.

That seemed to be the message of the Millennium Summit of Religious and Spiritual Leaders, the remarkably diverse gathering at the United Nations that produced a document signed by several hundred religious leaders pledging them to work for world peace, against poverty and for the protection of the environment.

At Kappa Delta, the oldest and arguably most prestigious house on campus, the rushees are seated in different rooms depending on how interested the sorority is in pledging them.

If his friends happened to see him in the company of the "wrong" woman, he pledged them to secrecy.

After a particularly energetic song and dance performance by a group of local children, Mr. Kasukuwere pledged them a gift of $50.

His less provident successors had pledged them in a few cases to the local territorial princes and had thus lost the right of taxation.

As the staggering destruction of wealth in the stock market has recently revealed, executives can sometimes appear to own shares in a company, but have actually pledged them as collateral for a loan.

Among the rewards for pledging for them on Kickstarter will be: 30 minutes Skype advisory calls with Zach Klein, founder of Vimeo and Jens Begemann, founder of Wooga.

Banks can package them into investment products, or pledge them as collateral for an interbank loan.