Sentence examples for violate a pledge from inspiring English sources

Under some state laws, electors who violate a pledge to vote for a particular candidate may be fined.

Mr. Straw had argued that to do so would violate a pledge of doctor-patient confidentiality made to the general before the Jan . 5examination.

At a time when Texas's ruling Republicans face a $10 billion budget shortfall, and are desperate not to violate a pledge of no new taxes, it is the most tempting target around.It works like this.

The owner of a local dairy tries to fight a state decision to cancel his prison contract, which he contends would violate a pledge that the prisons would buy locally whenever possible.

Union leaders acknowledged that if they asked other workers, most notably the construction workers responsible for convention preparations, to honor the picket line, that would violate a pledge that the city's Central Labor Council and construction unions had made to the city.

He said the company violated a pledge in its ethics policy that it would not retaliate against whistle-blowers.

The Speaker had a plan ready, one that clearly violated a pledge Trump made to provide insurance for all — a promise he repeated as recently as mid-January.

In addition, the tax violates a pledge to industrial and agricultural producers that Mr. Duhalde made when he first took office in January.

A lawsuit has been filed against the Fleet Bank, accusing the company of misleading consumers and violating a pledge to charge a fixed interest rate on credit card balances transferred to Fleet accounts.

Prosecutors planned to question them on why they apparently violated a pledge not to attend ceremonies at a new monument dedicated to North Korea's proposal for a North-South confederation.

Officials also warned peace advocates who went to North Korea that those who violated a pledge not to join in North Korean reunification ceremonies while there face prosecution after they return to Seoul today.