Example sentences of "commitment to [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think that they are likely to give a better idea of what the finished advertisement will look like and can do a better job of communicating the necessary commitment to their way of presenting the product than can the account executive . |
| 2 | But given the recent decline in numbers of tenured black academics , falling Ph.Ds , retention , enrolment , and grade point averages among black students , and a decreased political commitment to their education , there are unlikely to be widespread , long-term improvements in black students ' , professors ' , and professionals ' positions in psychology . |
| 3 | It was assumed that shareholders would have a long-term commitment to their company and that if there was a problem , it would be the directors rather than the shareholders who would change . |
| 4 | The children are in role as the townspeople of Nazareth ; out of role the teacher has established with them the nature of their work , their commitment to their land , families and places of work . |
| 5 | Coun Legg said : ‘ This has caused a great deal of distress , especially to the staff at the school who have a very great commitment to their work and their pupils . |
| 6 | There are , however , ambiguities in such a situation , as the lives of minority governments may be perpetuated more by a reluctance to force them to resign than by any positive commitment to their support . |
| 7 | Honourable but brief mentions must also go to Annie Lennox and Sinead O'Connor , for their uncompromising attitudes , bravery , outspokenness , passionate commitment to their music and because they prove it 's OK to be strong and to be vulnerable . |
| 8 | This meant that people were no longer willing to put up with unsatisfactory Church officials ; laymen especially were developing a personal spirituality which gave them a new confidence and commitment to their faith and which also enabled them to form an independent view of theology and Church organisation ; they no longer had to rely on the educated establishment . |
| 9 | People whose parents baptised them into the Roman Catholic Church will probably be counted as Catholics all their lives — even if they never go to church ; for people to be counted as Baptists , however , they will have to have expressed a strong commitment to their faith and to have undergone adult baptism . |
| 10 | Look at the police budget , and we shall be discussing the police budget later on , you had a windfall , underspend on police pensions , but we all know those police will retire at some time or other , and when they do there is a commitment to their lump sum payments and their pensions . |
| 11 | Of course , if two members of staff happen to fall in love and decide to marry , it would be churlish to be apportioning blame ; but what I find a major irritation are those persons — and housekeepers are particularly guilty here — who have no genuine commitment to their profession and who are essentially going from post to post looking for romance . |
| 12 | Just as much as there is little trust left among many miners for government commitment to their industry , so there remains a deep-seated hatred for the miners among Conservative politicians . |
| 13 | In turn we are able to tell them that our participation in the management of the company endorses our commitment to their business . ’ |
| 14 | We believe that the children of all lone parents can best be helped by po policies which support their commitment to their family and their children and pathways out of poverty should be built which ensure that all families living in poverty have the chance to change their situation . |
| 15 | It is a sign of the young fans commitment to their side 's cause , and also an attempt to resist changes in the organisation of football . |
| 16 | Kirsten proved a fine role model for the impressionable Rhodes throughout the tour , and while on the surface the pair could n't be more contrasting in appearance or temperament , there is no doubting that they shared the same total commitment to their game and country . |
| 17 | Does my right hon. Friend accept that it is right that he should restate the Government 's commitment to their policy in Northern Ireland , based on the rule of law ? |
| 18 | Within any particular language-system that English users subscribe to , and these may include different dialects , different phonological relationships and different lexical choices , it is possible , argues Lyons , to make statements without qualification of the speaker 's commitment to their truth . |
| 19 | During 1991 she became aware of just how much she had changed by her commitment to her friend Adrian Ward-Jackson when he was dying of AIDS . |
| 20 | Her affairs , which began shortly after she married , are her way of avoiding a full commitment to her husband . |
| 21 | Erm with regard to a site specific policy , if it 's additional , and there 's no clear need for it it 's not catered for within the allocation which is er provided for within the structure plan , then we could be left with a major site with a clear commitment to its development or its suitability for development and and no end user . |
| 22 | Leadership is usually defined in terms which relate a ‘ vision ’ of the future to some ‘ strategies ’ for achieving it , which are capable of co-opting support , compliance and teamwork in its achievement and serve to motivate and sustain commitment to its purpose ( after Kotter , 1988 : 25–6 ) . |
| 23 | For the project to be successful it was essential for each stool of the tripod which supported it — the government , the livestock owners and the Bank — to have an equal commitment to its success and to perceive the project in roughly the same terms . |
| 24 | The very fact that some of the critics got their letters published at all is a demonstration of ZZAP ! 's commitment to its readership . |
| 25 | He reaffirmed the government 's commitment to its programme to return the country to democratic civilian rule on schedule in 1992 . |
| 26 | The creation of the Women 's Action Groups illustrates the nature of the communities involved in the strike , and the strong sense of belonging to a place , and of commitment to its future , which Scargill and the NUM were able to realize . |
| 27 | Toshiba 's commitment to our society has produced two very different products , both designed to look after you . |
| 28 | But the message of Christmas is that God will never leave us and his love will endure for ever , which makes Christmas a real celebration of God 's commitment to our world and makes sense of all our hopes and dreams . |
| 29 | I and my family , as we approach a New Year , will draw strength from this faith in our commitment to your service in the coming years . |
| 30 | Your success will come because of your will to succeed and your total commitment to your ideal . |