Sentence examples for secure a pledge from inspiring English sources

In an unprecedented step, lenders are expected to focus on the nation's staggering debt load – at over 180% of GDP the largest in Europe – with Athens keen to secure a pledge that a write-down is in the offing.

Michelle and Jill Biden have worked with American businesses to secure a pledge of 135,000 jobs for veterans and their families.

In negotiations with Standard General, the FTC is trying to secure a pledge that the database won't end up with a company in a different line of business, or that ignores the original RadioShack privacy guidelines.

He secured a pledge from a local shipping company to take a container full of supplies to the island, once they were collected.

But the French trade minister, Nicole Bricq, secured a pledge that the talks, at least initially, would not cover movies, television shows and other audiovisual products.

(Obama's team decided to reëstablish the connection, but only after securing a pledge from the A.B.A. that the group would act quickly).

Fine Gael remained in power only by securing a pledge from Fianna Fáil to abstain from key votes until 2018 in return for policy concessions.

Little more than a week ago, with the Taliban preparing to flee Kandahar, Mr. Khan secured a pledge of loyalty from Zabed Jaleel, a Taliban commander.

July: Sepp secures a pledge of labour reforms to bring about "positive social change", and pins the slave state stories on the "racist" British media.

At last year's summit, ASEAN leaders had called publicly for her release, and secured a pledge from Myanmar's prime minister at the time, Khin Nyunt, to move towards democracy.

The Mets' owners settled their case for $162 million and, in return, secured a pledge that the trustee would drop his claims that they were "willfully blind" to signs that Mr. Madoff was perpetrating a fraud.