Sentence examples for unexpected pledge from inspiring English sources

The third unexpected pledge was to "champion diversity" in the Met by looking into how to increase the numbers of female and ethnic minority officers.

Mr. Kohn's unexpected pledge that the Fed would pursue "flexible and pragmatic policy making" that might help counter the trend and shore up the economy spurred a rally on Wall Street that sent stocks soaring.

The justice secretary, Kenneth Clarke, today made an unexpected pledge to cut the record 85,000 daily prison population in England and Wales by 3,000 within four years.

The review has been made more difficult by Mr Cameron's late and unexpected election pledge to find an extra £8bn for the NHS.

That is when two labor contracts will expire for thousands of government workers and Mr. Cuomo's most important, distinctive and unexpected campaign pledge will face a test: Can he confront and outmaneuver the public-sector unions that have dominated politics and budgeting in Albany for decades?

As Marc Gunther notes in his book Faith and Fortune: How Compassionate Capitalism Is Transforming American Business, years ago, when Tom's was still a small company, it spent an extra (and unexpected) $300,000 to keep its pledge not to test on animals.

Rage guitarist Tony Morello, who has pledged that his unexpected royalty bonus will go to Britain's Youth Music charity, told BBC6 Music: "This is a grassroots effort.

Moreover, the assassination of Mr. Kabila on Jan . 16led to an unexpected opportunity when his son and successor, Joseph Kabila, pledged greater cooperation with the United Nations and neighboring countries.

An unexpected Conservative majority put an end to Labour's pledges to impose a mansion tax on homes worth £2m or more and to cap rent rises in the private sector.

There has been an unexpected amount of attention lavished on a man who had pledged to live out his days "hidden from the world".

But the unexpected victory had a clear champion: Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat who pledged last year to support same-sex marriage but whose early months in office were dominated by intense battles with lawmakers and some labor unions over spending cuts.