Sentence examples for promising to act from inspiring English sources

Mr. Jospin too is promising to act on it.

But arguably what they have done is in some ways worse – promising to act one way and then appearing to act another.

Tony Blair was so close to her that he was privately promising to act as her "unofficial adviser" when the hacking scandal was at its height.

No one would argue that lawyers, doctors and accountants are immune from wrongdoing or poor judgment, and they have long been taking certification exams and promising to act ethically.

Last year, incoming Harvard freshmen were pressured by campus officials to sign an oath promising to act with "civility" and "inclusiveness" and affirming that "kindness holds a place on par with intellectual attainment".

But even simply taking a position, without promising to act on it, places a judicial candidate in a compromising position because of a desire not to be inconsistent with a stated view when an actual case presents itself, Minnesota officials told the court.

SiGe materials on Si substrate are promising candidates to act as the bottom cell in a tandem structure, due to its high mobility, good process compatibility, adjustable lattice constant, and capability of absorbing light of wavelengths up to 1800 nm.

She recoils when, 20 years after selling her digital image to a studio and promising never to act again, her likeness is used for a new technology in which anyone can turn themselves into her.

Companies responded by promising to improve their act: more than 150 international retailers signed up to the Bangladesh accord on fire and building safety, a legally binding agreement designed to make factories safer for workers.

Maybe you can make a deal to earn the right to start your business by promising to show them you can act mature in every aspect of your life, and improve your grades in every subject.

Britain has been promising to introduce such an act since it ratified the OECD's anti-bribery convention 13 years ago.