"Without firm commitments by heads of state in September, this global roadmap may yet end up being nothing more than the MDGs plus, instead of a truly transformative plan to end poverty, inequality and environmental destruction".
Some developers say they plan to proceed with construction even without firm commitments from tenants, hoping it will be easier to interest prospective tenants in a building that is complete or partly complete than in a vacant lot.
Liminal life is one without firm commitments to a job, a place or a community.
3. Go through a trial period without firm commitments, and if the developers are to your liking, prepare to offer a term commitment of a year or more to the vendor.
At Copenhagen, world leaders will probably just agree to vague promises, without any firm commitment to greenhouse gas emissions reduction.
But there seemed little likelihood they would agree to curb production without a firm commitment from OPEC to do likewise.
David J. Kramer, who oversaw Russia policy in President George W. Bush's State Department, said the concessions were "premature and unwarranted" without a firm commitment not to transfer the S-300s.
The one-day meeting ended without a firm commitment to stop the clashes, which have left at least several hundred soldiers dead and displaced tens of thousands of civilians in the northernmost reaches of Myanmar, near the Chinese border.
THE United Nations conference on climate change wrapped up in Bali, Indonesia, last week without a firm commitment from the United States or China to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.
Moynihan praised the government for its support, but warned that without a firm commitment Olympic sports risked losing the coaches and performance directors who have delivered success in China.
Even without a firm commitment to HS3, McLoughlin says, "there will be other improvements sooner: the electrification going on, the money we're spending on [Manchester] Victoria station, it's all part of the infrastructure".
