Example sentences of "committing themselves [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Volvo , the European Tour 's main benefactor , had accused the leading money winners of disloyalty by not committing themselves to the end-of-season showpiece , the Volvo Masters in Spain . |
| 2 | In an agricultural project farmers have to understand the potential benefits of the inputs ( say , fertiliser and seed ) financed by the project , to find them relevant , and to be sure that their produce will find a market , before committing themselves to participation . |
| 3 | Those on the brink of buying are mostly waiting until the election is out of the way before committing themselves to a new house , but City financier Christopher Moran thinks they are all wrong . |
| 4 | Their task of containing their adversaries , without committing themselves to outright attack , had been well and truly done . ’ |
| 5 | Nothing here said denies that one reason for holding voluntary undertakings to be binding is to enable people to encourage reliance by committing themselves to a course of action . |
| 6 | 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 ) . |
| 7 | Opposition forwards are not committing themselves to the ruck or maul . |
| 8 | Indeed , the whole exercise is circular , since ‘ most banks would wish to review the audited accounts before committing themselves to renewing on demand facilities ’ . |
| 9 | The defining of duties and responsibilities is not impossible , but I ca n't see local authorities committing themselves to such a survey now . |
| 10 | Girls can be encouraged to take modules in technology without feeling they are committing themselves to two years ' or more work ; low achieving pupils can take a range of modules without suffering the indignity of following a programme that marks them out as ‘ different ’ . |
| 11 | Englishmen had been settling overseas for a century and a half but their colonies had been inhabited by people who , apart from the slaves who got no choice in the matter , had no particular difficulty in committing themselves to being loyal to King George : Englishmen , Scotsmen , Irishmen , or Germans would accept the King without question , and the Dutch of New York and the Acadians of Nova Scotia were almost the only people who had ever been asked to make a serious change of allegiance , which had been harder for the Acadians because of religious differences . |
| 12 | Yet , he is not sure all his countrymen benefit similarly from committing themselves to becoming fulltime professionals in the northern summer : ‘ There is a danger if fast bowlers go over when they are too young , ’ Tribe says . |
| 13 | Michael Coogan of the Building Societies Association Legal Department says : ‘ The Government wants mortgage lenders to emphasise to borrowers that they think carefully before committing themselves to taking out a loan . ’ |
| 14 | There is also evidence that many who have the financial means to be mobile are actually committing themselves to post-retirement migration . |
| 15 | In particular , it enabled the practices to gain experience and confidence in setting up computer systems and staffing arrangements before committing themselves to fundholding . |
| 16 | We do know that responses by women members of the Legitimation League were cautious and ambiguous , highlighting the tensions felt by feminists in committing themselves to a libertarian politics . |
| 17 | Other leading writers , whilst not fully committing themselves to the Communist movement , have been fellow-travellers , the most notable recent example of which is Nobel prize-winning novelist Gabriel Garcia Márquez . |
| 18 | When times are hard financially , many people feel very anxious at the thought of committing themselves to another baby . |
| 19 | People taking out policies of the kind just described are committing themselves to paying premiums as part of a long-term contract . |
| 20 | At the end of a meeting in Weimar , Germany , on Aug. 29 the German , French and Polish Foreign Ministers issued a joint declaration stressing the importance of their co-operation at an historic point in European development and committing themselves to such trilateral meetings at least once year . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | The equity investors will wish to commission a thorough investigation of the business — " due diligence " — before committing themselves to the purchase . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Convention delegates marched through the streets of London committing themselves by ‘ all legitimate means ’ to bring about complete and immediate emancipation . |