Sentence examples for receiving pledges from inspiring English sources

He ended his fast only after receiving pledges of nonviolence from his supporters.

But Fuller said she was receiving pledges of support from the left as well as the right.

However, three years after finalising the deal through the UN, Mr Correa is calling time on the trust fund  set up after receiving pledges for just $116m – and only $13m of actual cash.

BRUSSELS — After receiving pledges from Greece's political leaders to respect the terms of a new bailout, the chief of the euro zone finance ministers said late Wednesday that he was confident that decisions could be made Monday about a €130 billion financial lifeline intended to stave off a Greek default.

After receiving pledges totaling more than its goal of $100 million by a year-end deadline, the Ecuadorian government last week announced that it would move forward with the so-called Yasuni ITT Initiative, an innovative plan to leave untapped more than 900 million barrels of crude oil beneath a pristine Amazonian nature reserve, in exchange for annual international donations.

Our decision to go with kickstarter was immediately validated when we started receiving pledges from all around the world (i.e. over 20 countries and over 25 states) and reached our fundraising goal within our first week of our official launch".

"I'm sick and tired of this," he said, explaining legal hurdles that have kept the rebels from receiving pledged funds.

She received pledges from 376 people.

Within 48 hours they received pledges for a quarter of a million dollars.

By Wednesday afternoon, he had received pledges amounting to more than seventy grand.

At its "replenishment" conference this week in London, though, it received pledges totalling $3.7 billion.