Sentence examples for received a pledge from inspiring English sources

Even today, the chancellor said he received a pledge of backing from Britain.

The ad buy comes less than 24 hours after the group, Winning Our Future, received a pledge from a wealthy benefactor to donate $5 million.

Mr. Baz said he had received a pledge from the administration that it would not stand by as conditions deteriorate in the region.

Tonight, too, President Bourguiba received a pledge of men and materiel from the Algerian rebel government, which only today reopened negotiations with the French at Lugrin, in France, over the future of their country.

director general, Margaret Chan, met with the heads of major vaccine manufacturers last June, and received a pledge that they would devote 10 percent of their first year's production for distribution to countries that would otherwise not have any supplies.

When he became president of St. John's, the faculty on the main campus, in Queens, demanded and later received a pledge that it would get a larger role in setting policies.

It is not often that a midmajor program like Butler receives a pledge from a potential N.B.A. lottery draft pick.

Every worker, on day one at work, would receive a pledge that sets out their rights and how to exercise them.

Restore Our Future reportedly received a $10 million pledge in June from Sheldon Adelson, a Las Vegas casino magnate who donated millions to Newt Gingrich's presidential bid during the primaries.

Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Conn., has received a $2 million pledge from HELEN D. BLAKE, a 1951 graduate, and her husband, S. PRESTLEY BLAKE, a founder of Friendly Ice Cream.

The Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, burdened with deficits and struggling to find its financial footing, has received a $29.5 million pledge from its board chairman, Richard P. Simmons, below.