Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] commit [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We would like to se the political parties commiting themselves to an overhaul of the sentencing process to make it more rational and civilised . |
| 2 | The communique issued by the participants stated that ‘ surplus countries committed themselves to following policies designed to strengthen domestic demand and to reducing external surpluses ’ and ‘ deficit countries committed themselves to encourage steady , low-inflation growth while reducing their domestic imbalances and external deficits . ’ |
| 3 | In 1980 these countries committed themselves to the concept of health for all by the year 2000 . |
| 4 | This is exactly what I have attempted in this book , beginning in chapter four with my version of why so many black kids commit themselves to sport , then moving , in chapters five and six , to the experiences in family life and at school and how these affect the ties to sport . |
| 5 | And unless all nations commit themselves to the elimination of ozone-depleting chemicals , the agreement is compromised . |
| 6 | My right hon. Friend the Prime Minister ensured at Maastricht that the British proposals on this matter were passed : first , all countries committed themselves to improving animal welfare , which was a major step forward never agreed between those countries before ; and , secondly , in future , the European Court of Justice will be in a position to fine countries that fail to keep their obligations under Community rules . |
| 7 | The clause is relatively mild , requiring international agencies to commit themselves to support eradication efforts . |
| 8 | Moscow tried to encourage the non-aligned states to commit themselves in this region to the ‘ gradual curtailment of distinct forms of military-political cooperation … the non-creation of new forms of multilateral and bilateral alliances , the non-adoption of military functions by non-military regional organisations ’ . |
| 9 | The World Health Organisation has called for individual developing countries to commit themselves to decade programmes . |
| 10 | Under the terms of an agreement , signed on July 14 , the two parties committed themselves to a temporary truce from July 19 to be followed by a complete ceasefire on July 31 . |
| 11 | In contrast Soviet leaders committed themselves , at least until the late 1980s , to the maintenance of a Marxist dominated pro-Soviet regime in Kabul , to the ‘ irreversibility ’ of the process of ‘ revolutionary development ’ in Afghanistan , with the future political and strategic implications this entailed for South Asia and the Persian Gulf . |
| 12 | The defining of duties and responsibilities is not impossible , but I ca n't see local authorities committing themselves to such a survey now . |
| 13 | Lady Howe , chairman of the nationwide campaign and wife of the former foreign secretary Sir Geoffrey Howe , called on local employers to commit themselves to equal opportunities . |
| 14 | Under the terms of the agreement both countries committed themselves not to " test , manufacture , produce , accept , possess , store , deploy or use nuclear weapons " . |
| 15 | Both countries committed themselves not to attack or invade the other , and to resolve disputes through a process of dialogue . |
| 16 | The convention 's first section on the main areas of co-operation was headed by a chapter on environmental issues , in which both sides committed themselves not just to respecting the environment in the planning and execution of aid projects , but also to ensuring that " economic and social development is based on a sustainable balance between economic objectives , management of natural resources and enhancement of human resources ' . |
| 17 | Following a series of meetings the government and the Liberation Front of Air and Azawad ( FLAA ) , representing the Tuareg rebels , on May 12 issued a joint communiqué in which both sides committed themselves to working to create a favourable climate for effective negotiations , beginning with a 15-day truce from May 15 [ for January threat of force against Tuaregs see p. 38708 ] . |
| 18 | Other joint statements and memorandums included a charter on American-Russian partnership and friendship ( in which both sides committed themselves to settle disputes peacefully ) , and agreements on co-operation in space research , on an early warning system for nuclear missile launches , on the elimination of chemical weapons , and on investment in Russia . |
| 19 | Both sides committed themselves to continuing high-level discussions ( expected to be between Meyer and Ramaphosa ) . |
| 20 | Both sides commit themselves to free trade in industrial goods , but the easterners may keep tariffs for ten years and the Community may keep those on ‘ sensitive ’ items for five . |
| 21 | This contempt derives from the 1950s and 1960s , when some senior educationalists committed themselves to fashionable ideas about teaching English : that children would learn to read naturally without the help of formal instruction , or that their writing should be the product not of craft but of free expression . |