Sentence examples for were asked to commit from inspiring English sources

The candidates were asked to commit to phasing out all diesel black cabs and private hire vehicles (PHVs) by 2020 and to have the entire London bus fleet running on clean fuel by 2025.

At St. Joseph in West New York, part of the problem with declining enrollment is that rumors were swirling about the school's future around the time when students were asked to commit to next year, said David Hetherington, a member of the school's advisory board.

They also attended familiarisation sessions and were asked to commit to the 'active' philosophy of the trial.

They were asked to commit to completing two questionnaires (~30 minutes each) and to have access to email or the Web for receiving and returning questionnaires.

The two small-group workshops focused on skill-building at which participants were presented with role model vignettes [ 27] and strategies for reducing sexual and drug use actions, and were asked to commit to changing a specific sexual or drug use risk reduction behavior.

Only when they're asked to commit their shoptalk to print do they grow reticent.

In truth, Mr. Enkhsaikhan was being asked to commit Mongolia to the outcome of the revolution.

It was eventually ratified by almost all advanced economies being asked to commit to greenhouse gas emission targets.

Mr. Parlamis is canvassing the Greek community for potential trustees, who will be asked to commit $250,000 each.

Mr. Caulfield said he sometimes thought about how different things might have been if his dirty tricks team had been asked to commit the Watergate break-in.

Military families have dedicated their "blood" to the cause, but the rest of us, because of concern about taxes, have not been asked to commit our "treasure".