Sentence examples for the pledge made from inspiring English sources

The pledge, made at a conference on renewable energy held here, surprised experts with its ambition.

The white paper states DfID's support of the pledge made by African leaders.

In his view, Republicans have violated the pledge made in the Gang of 14 pact of 2005.

Britain's coalition government now spends 0.7% of national income on aid, fulfilling the pledge made by the last Labour administration.

But he said using the new price index to set tax brackets would be a tax increase, in violation of the pledge made by Republican leaders.

Memories of the pledge made by G8 leaders there to double annual aid to Africa by 2010 also seem to have faded with time.

It probably won't cure the problem of long-term unemployment, but the pledge makes the Obama administration look busy while Congress dithers.

• This article was updated on 17 June 2014 with data on the pledges made by donors.

One of the pledges made at the November meeting was to support the creation of an infectious research centre.

But within hours, Chen was publicly questioning the pledges made by the Chinese government, and asking for American help in fleeing the country.

"All the pledges made by the major emitters are sufficient to get us two-thirds of the reductions we need by 2020," he said.