Example sentences of "commit themselves [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The second argument is that the governments of the EC have committed themselves to the goal of Monetary Union in communiqués at the end of summits in the past . |
| 2 | Six local churches including Q.P. have so far committed themselves to the vision and are represented on the Mark 2 board . ) |
| 3 | He will only say : ‘ Toyota have not committed themselves to the Circuit of Ireland or any other rally this year . ’ |
| 4 | Employers and , indeed , trade unions have committed themselves to the CBI 's testing and challenging education and training targets . |
| 5 | Sting and Peter Gabriel had committed themselves to the Amnesty world tour later that year so gave the June concerts a miss , and Simple Minds had already said yes to the Nelson Mandela birthday celebration the week before . |
| 6 | The Spanish , Dutch , Danish and Belgian Ministers have now committed themselves to the view that such discrimination is unacceptable . |
| 7 | The authorities are thought of as having committed themselves to the maintenance of a particular unemployment rate irrespective of the inflationary consequences and of being prepared to carry over this policy at least into period t . |
| 8 | There was one vital breakthrough for the nationalist consciousness , though there still remains some doubt as to how deep this was for the Fianna Fáil party : all the parties committed themselves to the recognition of the protestant — loyalist group as having legitimate aspirations and affirmed the need for the recognition of ‘ two sets of legitimate rights ’ coexisting in the island as a whole : ‘ Constitutional nationalists are determined to secure justice for all traditions … |
| 9 | Yesterday , a clutch of companies which have committed themselves to the project , including the Liverpool Daily Post and Echo , were awarded Liverpool Compact Partnership Bonds . |
| 10 | There was no direct reference to socialism or communism ; the republics that committed themselves to the treaty would rather be bound to respect the principles of democracy , human rights as defined by international agreements , and social justice . |
| 11 | In 1980 these countries committed themselves to the concept of health for all by the year 2000 . |
| 12 | They also agreed to resume constitutional negotiations , suspended since June [ see p. 38948 ] , and committed themselves to the election of a constituent assembly and the inauguration of a non-racial transitional government as soon as possible . |
| 13 | Explaining why the authorities changed their mind and committed themselves to the transfer of land is a prime difficulty in the history of the emancipation . |
| 14 | Meeting within the framework of the UN 's Economic Commission for Europe in Prague , Czechoslovakia , ministers also committed themselves to the creation of a pan-European system to disseminate information on environmental issues and the prompt creation of a European environmental agency . |
| 15 | And unless all nations commit themselves to the elimination of ozone-depleting chemicals , the agreement is compromised . |
| 16 | The equity investors will wish to commission a thorough investigation of the business — " due diligence " — before committing themselves to the purchase . |
| 17 | However , an increasing number of countries are committing themselves to the goal of immunising 80% of their children by 1990 under the World Health Organization 's Extended Programme on Immunisation ( EPI ) . |
| 18 | Opposition forwards are not committing themselves to the ruck or maul . |
| 19 | The touchline was the launchpad — more so against Ireland than France — of some of Scotland 's best driving mauls and highlighted the danger of players swelling defensive ranks rather than committing themselves to the maul . |
| 20 | Erm , therefore we , to all intents and purposes , can not actually control the demand at that level , demand will be set by the people committing themselves to the health service , where the health service are assessing their needs , and saying this patient needs nursing home care . |
| 21 | Of course none of this will happen if European electronics companies do not commit themselves to the manufacture and use of flat panel displays . |
| 22 | Why should rebels who would not commit themselves to the support of the state enjoy its fruits ? |
| 23 | What they must do is relearn to choose and commit themselves to the consequences of their choice . |
| 24 | If they are confident , they can commit themselves to the importance of each of the eight aspects . |
| 25 | Is it open for parties to the Statute to decide that other States should either commit themselves to the Statute ( by complying with the Security Council conditions ) or be denied access to the Court , or must the agreement of all non-party States be obtained ? |
| 26 | Initially the Australians showed that they were unprepared to be manipulated by quietly but firmly refusing to commit themselves to the ANC 's extra-curricular initiatives for a Boipatong visit and the wearing of black armbands during matches . |
| 27 | Management can encourage this by ‘ selling ’ a sense of the corporate ‘ mission ’ , or by promoting the company 's ‘ image ’ ; it can reward the ‘ right ’ attitudes and punish ( or simply not employ ) those who are n't prepared to commit themselves to the culture ; |
| 28 | Like a conveyance , in three cases : ( 1 ) When the purchase is by two or more persons , when they must sign in order to commit themselves to the terms on which they hold . |
| 29 | ‘ I do n't see how you can expect people to follow your lead , to trust you , to commit themselves to the business unless they believe that all of these things are dear to your heart . ’ |
| 30 | The function of underwriters was to commit themselves before the issue to buy the bonds at a set minimum price , if they could not be sold by the managing group at a price above this minimum . |