Sentence examples for surprise commitment from inspiring English sources

"The meeting in Durban was its usual roller coaster ride, ending with a surprise commitment to continue the Kyoto Protocol, along with a raft of other climate change agreements.

There will be Bacon's Screaming Popes, Spiders from Mars, the world premiere of a new Richard Bean play and a particularly important and surprise commitment from the director general of the BBC: from 1 January 2017 Hull will always be on the weather map.

These projects created a positive counter-narrative of joy, surprise and commitment to the communities in the construction zone.

In some ways, the news that ESPN will continue to provide MLB content should come as no surprise given commitments that have already transpired around baseball.

Last month the government failed to secure an amendment that would have curtailed the president's power to dissolve parliament and call elections.The Tigers' other surprise was a commitment to enter the country's political system.

His wife said she was not surprised by his commitment to studying his faith.

At the end of yesterday's hearing, City Councilwoman Yvette D. Clarke, the chairwoman of the Council's Fire and Criminal Justice Services committee, said she was pleasantly surprised at the commitment the city had to inmate discharge planning.

Even so, Biden's commitment surprised her.

Ellie will be pursuing a residency in obstetrics-gynecology this summer—no surprise, given her longstanding commitment not only to women's health but to women's success.

If the school system examined the number of Muslim and Jewish students, Halber said, "they might be surprised". Despite the commitments in Northern Virginia, leaders with the interfaith group are not convinced that all teachers are following the directives.

The process of personal commitment, exploration, loss, surprise and puzzlement fluctuates and coheres.