Example sentences of "commit [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some players find Goblins hard to use because they imagine they are fighters and commit them to combat as if they were Orcs . |
| 2 | Shallow or superficial learning — like learning a name , address and telephone number that you promptly forget unless you write them down or consciously commit them to memory or use them habitually . |
| 3 | " That they secure every person in whose family or possession Stolen goods are found , & Commit them to Killarow Prison , & secure all their Effects , and that they Call for Assistants , & such as refuse to report the same , who are to be fyned in Ten pund for each refusal & Deemed Dishonest . " |
| 4 | " That they secure every person in whose family or possession Stolen goods are found , & Commit them to Killarow Prison , & secure all their Effects , and that they Call for Assistants , & such as refuse to report the same , who are to be fyned in Ten pund for each refusal & Deemed Dishonest . " |
| 5 | and my children commit me |
| 6 | It suits us that haste is made slowly and that we have to think and plan before we commit ourselves . |
| 7 | For pity 's sake , before we commit ourselves to ‘ Stansted at Stanley ’ , let's pause and contemplate the costs and the consequences ! |
| 8 | At another level this also happens when we commit ourselves to a particular religion or ideology . |
| 9 | It is not that once we know something we commit ourselves to it but that knowing something is itself a commitment . |
| 10 | In girls ' work , for example , we began to learn from our experiences and commit ourselves to ensuring that facilities were genuinely available also to Jewish young women — that we tackled anti-Semitism ; that young women with disabilities were not excluded , and that we looked at our oppressive attitudes to disability and the institutions in which these were enshrined . |
| 11 | ‘ We commit ourselves to work with other concerned institutions and individuals so that the African people 's human dignity and rights may be restored and preserved , ’ they added . |
| 12 | We rededicate and commit ourselves to the highest standards in communication as we endeavour to work for a more just , viable and sustainable society now , and in the future . |
| 13 | In particular we commit ourselves to working with other concerned institutions and individuals so that the African people 's human dignity and rights may be restored and preserved , and our leaders may be more accountable to a people whose conditions permit effective mobilisation . |
| 14 | We commit ourselves to maximise the potential of communication in the task of nation-building and the Church 's mission . |
| 15 | But I think we must be given freedom to choose the time and not commit ourselves to any timetable . |
| 16 | If some project comes up during the course of the year , I would have thought that it might be appropriate to erm er cobble the name of centenary onto it , but I do n't really think that this year we just commit ourselves to something just because there 's a hundred years of parish government coming up . |
| 17 | " We have no aggressive intentions and we commit ourselves to the peaceful resolution of all disputes . |
| 18 | Come that we might see you in the people of every race , and commit ourselves to the hope that we celebrate our life together in true community and justice . |
| 19 | We commit ourselves to the surgeon when we go into hospital for an operation ; we commit ourselves to the hairdresser , to the dentist and so on … |
| 20 | We commit ourselves to the surgeon when we go into hospital for an operation ; we commit ourselves to the hairdresser , to the dentist and so on … |
| 21 | Oh , he 's got to get motivated cos if we 're going away we got to save some pennies up and if we commit ourselves then we 've got to save pennies up , it 's no good coming and saying to me you 're going away next week , I shall turn round and say sod you matey we 're not cos we 've got no bloody money . |
| 22 | and John one in verse twelve it says but as many have received him , to them he gave the right , the authority , the , the power , to become children of God , even to those who believe on his name and this of course is what making our commitment to Christ is , it 's receiving him for ourselves , it 's plugging in , it 's saying yes I have n't got that power myself , I am not able to do it I need you to come and do it for me , I accept that you have that power , you have that authority , you have dealt with my sin and I receive it for me , we trust Christ to save us from sin and commit ourselves to his kingly ruling our lives , we are as the bible says then , born again , new creations , we are made alive in Christ , I give you one verse in Colossians and in chapter three , verse four it says when Christ who is our life is revelled , then you also no sorry verse , verse three , verse three , sorry for you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God but you say that 's all very well that , that brings me into the place of becoming a follower of Jesus yes I 've accepted him , but what about all this pressures here , Christ I , I 'm willing to receive them and to make the centre of my life , I 've received that he died for me , but what about all those things that 's twisting and marring and distorting my life , that 's rubbing me , my life can be more , God wants it to be , well that 's the great thing when Jesus comes , he does n't just come and sit down and that 's all there is to it , but he comes in by the holy spirit and as Christ is the centre of our life so he , as we submit to him and to his authority as we become obedient to his word , doing what he tells us , what he says for us , then the power of his spirit in our life starts operating , God the holy spirit , cos that 's how we become Christians , we are born again of God spirit and God Christ was in us , not the man who walked here on Galilee , he is a man in glory , but he comes into your life and into my life by the holy spirit and he gives us new spiritual resources which help us to overcome those influences of evil that are pressing in on us and trying to , to , to , to distort our lives and depress it into its mould , those things that have spoiled our lives , he gives us spiritual power and spiritual resources over them . |
| 23 | He ended his life by hanging , powerless , on a cross , saying , ‘ Father , into your hands I commit my spirit . ’ |
| 24 | Father , into your hands I commit my spirit ( Luke 23:46 ) . |
| 25 | I can with its aid commit my melodies to paper , and that is all I need ( quoted in A. Bennett 1986 : 9 ) . |
| 26 | I feel very happy about my form and technique , very content , ’ he adds , having learnt from a poor tour of Australia the winter before last to adapt his technique and not commit himself too soon to a stroke . |
| 27 | Why should they make this journey of three and a half thousand miles , just to lay their eggs and by doing so commit their young to make a similar journey in reverse to find their feeding grounds ? |
| 28 | It was followed by the deprivations of greedy Swiss , repressive Austrians , revolutionary French , barbaric Germans and the huge , unpaid army of tourists and expatriates who live off the land and commit their own atrocities . |
| 29 | The problem in this area arises because of the advanced booking process in which customers commit their money or some part of it well in advance of actually taking their holiday and without ‘ seeing ’ the service offered . |
| 30 | Stage 1 invites group members to spend five minutes in quiet reflection , a space in which to clear minds crowded with concerns of the teaching day , to focus on the cartoon and commit their first reactions to paper . |