Sentence examples for weakened the commitment from inspiring English sources

French diplomats turned to winning the Italians away from the Triple Alliance, and a Franco-Italian secret agreement in 1902 substantially weakened the commitment Italy had made to Germany and Austria-Hungary in 1882.

One is that a wave of fragile new members might weaken the commitment of the European Central Bank to low inflation.

The UK government should "stay the course" on its green policies instead of weakening the commitment to tackle greenhouse gases, the head of the club of the world's richest nations has urged.

As we see from Table 4, the strength of native-place ties has a different effect on employees' commitment: close ties enhance the commitment, while not-so-close ties weaken the commitment.

"I agree it is a big mistake to protest in that fashion because it weakens the commitment we have to this nation that has provided us this freedom".

The report goes on to observe that "Americans' increasing disconnection from the outdoors... also weakens the commitment to stewardship of our shared natural legacy".

Political differences are thus dividing and weakening the commitment to human rights in Western societies, a process that has seriously undercut our resolve to promote human rights and freedoms at home and abroad.

Japan has reason to be concerned that the Obama-Xi summit weakened the U.S. commitment to defending Japan, especially over the tiny islets.

In some cases, these challenges proved daunting and substantially weakened the partners' commitment to the success of the partnership.

In the last few weeks, as the bank has taken a central role in Europe's debt crisis, Mr. Trichet has reversed himself on buying sovereign bonds from weak euro zone countries; agreed to keep accepting Greek bonds, however downgraded, as loan collateral; and opened himself up to charges that he has weakened the bank's commitment to low inflation.

All that followed Mr. Trump's already substantial effort to undermine NATO and the European Union by weakening the American commitment to its traditional alliances.