Example sentences of "to commit [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first step to developing a Christian philosophy of finance would be to commit ourselves to developing the character of Christ in our own lives and helping others do the same . |
| 2 | As with any other area of living , we need to commit ourselves to a Christian world-view and not be tempted to borrow from secular philosophy . |
| 3 | We must see how this doubt develops and be careful to presuppose only what we know to be true and to commit ourselves consciously to the consequences of these suppositions . |
| 4 | We as a church have promised to commit ourselves in three ways : — |
| 5 | And you know if we were able to commit ourselves to two public , two meetings , three meetings of some sort in a year where we 're actually gon na do something and present some sort of front Par part of presenting some sort of front is to try to sell a few bits of pieces if we 're prepared to accept that we 're going to lose money . |
| 6 | Their memory and remembrance — rediscovered and kept alive in historical reconstruction and actualized in ritual celebration — encourage us in historical solidarity with them to commit ourselves to the continuing struggle against patriarchy in society and church . |
| 7 | I lived with my husband for er , three and a half years , and I knew him for a good number of years before then , so we made a joint decision after that period of time that we were , wanted to commit ourselves |
| 8 | 40 major London road schemes abandoned ; ‘ Important to commit ourselves as opposed to roads ’ |
| 9 | Lifting her out of the water we were totally silent , and neither of us seemed to be willing to commit ourselves on a weight so we just put her in the sling and let the scales do the talking . |
| 10 | No , but I know that you 're dying to have a computer , and if money was no object , then we probably would n't hesitate in lending it to you , but really and truly at this moment things are tight and we ca n't afford to commit ourselves with things unless it 's absolutely necessary . |
| 11 | We 've got to commit ourselves . |
| 12 | No , but I know that you 're dying to have a computer , and if money was no object , then we probably would n't hesitate in lending it to you , but really and truly at this moment things are tight and we ca n't afford to commit ourselves with things unless it 's absolutely necessary . |
| 13 | He has been asked to commit himself to 10 of the new Grand Prix tournaments next year , aside from the four Grand Slam events . |
| 14 | Julian Bailey , despite failing to qualify his Lotus 102B at Phoenix , is understood to be prepared to commit himself to Lotus for the entire season — if Martin Donnelly is n't fit enough to race — backed by a personal investment of up to £75,000 , earned during two years with the Group C Nissan team . |
| 15 | Having raised the hopes of friend and foe alike — and especially of Iraqis , witness the ecstatic scenes in Baghdad last week — by agreeing for the first time to contemplate withdrawal from Kuwait , he was unwilling to commit himself unequivocally . |
| 16 | That you did not write letters to me I sometimes attributed to the fact that you must indeed be a secret agent , unwilling to commit himself in writing . |
| 17 | The only real surprise about Danny Rampling 's fine debut single ‘ I Hate Hate ’ is that it 's taken so long for a DJ of his reputation to commit himself to vinyl . |
| 18 | Depending on reactions to this first effort , there may be more tracks to ‘ get more people involved from the club ’ , but Danny is unwilling to commit himself to anything except his work as a DJ — ‘ I love it and I 'd never give it up for anything . ’ |
| 19 | He decided it would be wiser not to commit himself . |
| 20 | Though Cash is a former champion , he is no longer willing to commit himself full-time to the game . |
| 21 | Everything about him betrayed a man of enormous emotional strength who had never been able to commit himself . |
| 22 | The tone of the article was that Charman was getting out because he did not want to commit himself to the group on a full-time basis . |
| 23 | George Soloway has been so busy making money that he has been unable ‘ to commit himself to another human being ’ . |
| 24 | ‘ . ’ He is drawing attention to the fact that ‘ I know ’ is sometimes used by a speaker to commit himself to the truth of what he proceeds to say . |
| 25 | Seeing himself as the peacemaker among his fellow monarchs , and adopting as his motto Beati Pacifici ( Blessed are the Peacemakers ) , he repeatedly refused to commit himself wholeheartedly to the Protestant cause . |
| 26 | Edward , however , was still reluctant to commit himself wholeheartedly to Balliol 's cause . |
| 27 | There are language-systems , he points out , within which that characteristic of English whereby the utterer is not obliged to commit himself as to the truth of his utterance is not to be found ; in such systems the utterer is obliged to commit himself . |
| 28 | There are language-systems , he points out , within which that characteristic of English whereby the utterer is not obliged to commit himself as to the truth of his utterance is not to be found ; in such systems the utterer is obliged to commit himself . |
| 29 | By February he felt compelled to commit himself to summoning a Consultative Assembly . |
| 30 | But marriage is n't something he feels able to commit himself to yet . |