Example sentences of "[noun pl] ' commitment to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The National Farmers ' Union tackled all three candidates for the seat the closest three-way marginal in the country on their parties ' commitment to investment in agriculture . |
| 2 | Such diversity reflects the authors ' commitment to the post 70s feminist interest with the range and variegation of women 's experiences . |
| 3 | According to purchasing manager Roger DaForno , this excellent relationship has taken some time to build and there 's no doubt that both organizations ' commitment to a process of continuous improvement has helped immensely . |
| 4 | The summit declaration applauded those countries ' commitment to political and economic reform , and called attention to a continuing programme of visits and contacts . |
| 5 | Many partners make personal commitments to a school , for others they are representing their companies ' commitment to this activity , and for some it is their job . |
| 6 | Associative feminist psychologies ' commitment to foregrounding secondary , neglected meanings also recalls some poststructuralist projects . |
| 7 | It was the judges ' commitment to freedom that was the main guarantee against despotism . |
| 8 | These areas ' commitment to multidisciplinary research is difficult to apply and sustain . |
| 9 | He especially dislikes the economists ' commitment to efficiency . |
| 10 | It was known that the financial controls within the industry left a good deal to be desired , but when the new Minister of Fuel and Power , Aubrey Jones , tried to tighten up in 1956 ( even beginning the publication of annual investment targets in a bid to increase the Boards ' commitment to them ) , he found it was not easy to impose such discipline when his target was fixed unreasonably low , as the Boards assured him it was . |
| 11 | On the other hand , even such seasonal workers ' commitment to work , needs and interests are likely to be different from those of regular workers ; this despite the fact that their pay or access to fringe benefits can be inferior to those of regular workers . |
| 12 | In summary , increased polarization in workers ' commitment to the labour movement is associated with a fall in membership , but wage changes are ambiguous . |
| 13 | They also show that political activity had by no means ousted the republicans ' commitment to armed force ; indeed it was seen as a necessary preliminary to the resumption of the military campaign . |
| 14 | A serious concern of the author 's is that governments ' commitment to education , so strong up to the mid-1970s , has waned . |
| 15 | The legal doctrine of legislative supremacy articulates the courts ' commitment to the current British scheme of parliamentary democracy . |
| 16 | The regular CBI surveys and the regular Department of Employment labour force survey show that over the 1980s — this is the answer to the hon. Member for Newport , East ( Mr. Hughes ) — there has been a consistent increase in employers ' commitment to training , even in this current recession . |
| 17 | Although the Central Consultants and Specialists Committee has backed the changes in working patterns , task forces have given mixed reviews on consultants ' commitment to the changes . |
| 18 | Once in office Labour chose to stand by their predecessors ' commitment to the newly created Malaysian Federation . |
| 19 | A joint statement with Jawara reaffirmed the two Presidents ' commitment to the Economic Community of West African States ( ECOWAS ) as an effective instrument of regional development . |
| 20 | claims that Holiday Inns ' commitment to TQM , introduced to the group in 1989 , made it easier for the 14 Scotts ' Hospitality properties to switch their franchise to Marriott Hotels , who are long-standing TQM enthusiasts . |
| 21 | David Paul & Partners ' commitment to the UK property market is considerable . |
| 22 | The Governors ' commitment to the new scientific revolution is perhaps summed up in the concluding paragraph of the Minutes : |
| 23 | He said the decision to hold the meeting in North Wales demonstrated the Americans ' commitment to the area . |
| 24 | The crucial question of ‘ standards ’ , of teachers ' commitment to what have traditionally been accepted as cultivated or educated taste and speech , recurs in connection with both these activities with disturbing persistence . |
| 25 | The military arm of the revolution was the workers ' militias , believed by their advocates to be both necessary to defend the revolution and capable of defeating fascism through their members ' commitment to the new society . |
| 26 | Feminists ' commitment to moral improvement and environmental reform had a direct influence on their image of the prostitute . |
| 27 | This is the key to understanding purity feminists ' commitment to coercive legislation in the 1880s . |
| 28 | Streamlining implied speed and , in increasingly acute competition with road transport , the railways ' commitment to superior speed needed to be stressed constantly . |
| 29 | Participants also discussed the churches ' commitment to marginalised women and the theme of the 500th anniversary of the colonisation of the Americas . |