Sentence examples for were pledged in from inspiring English sources

An estimated 390,000 people are still homeless from the earthquake despite billions of dollars that were pledged in international aid.

Haitians remain skeptical because millions of dollars were pledged in the past for hurricane relief, but only a fraction was actually paid.

REPORTER AT LARGE about the Democratic National Convention, held in N.Y. from Aug. 11 to 14. On the first day, Monday, the delegates were to vote on whether to adopt a new rule binding them to support, on the first ballot for the Presidential nomination, the candidate to whom they were pledged in the primaries and caucuses.

By Elizabeth Drew The New Yorker, September 8 , 1980P. 41 REPORTER AT LARGE about the Democratic National Convention, held in N.Y. from Aug. 11 to 14. On the first day, Monday, the delegates were to vote on whether to adopt a new rule binding them to support, on the first ballot for the Presidential nomination, the candidate to whom they were pledged in the primaries and caucuses.

Billions were pledged in response.

The money was pledged in the Conservatives' 2015 election manifesto.

Some $500 million was pledged in all, but it is unclear whether all that money will materialize.

More than £5m has been pledged in total for the teenager who, sadly, died two years ago.

Most of Mr Dzurinda's changes are now popular (only Smer is pledged, in theory at least, to cancel them).

Gaddafi was awarded the doctorate in 2008, and the donation from the foundation was pledged in 2009.

This was pledged in 2010, but so far no mechanism has been agreed on how it can be scaled up.