Example sentences of "[modal v] [be] [adv] commit to " in BNC.

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1 They see a need to identify those children requiring new parents , and believe that social workers should be more committed to placing children with new parents in permanent homes ; and they note a greater commitment to this policy in the United States .
2 Most of these ( excluding the odd insomniac ) must be reasonably committed to the programme 's curiously shifting agenda but , with these kind of viewing figures , and an annual budget of about £4.5 million , it is easy to understand why The Late Show has caused such widespread resentment in the BBC .
3 And one of the prophets says : ‘ Your hearts must be fully committed to the Lord our God . ’
4 Some people , brought up in the expectation of forging a career and getting near the top if not right to the top in their profession , may be deeply committed to their work .
5 Meanwhile , reflecting upon the record of the Labour government of 1945–51 and on the policies which its successor should pursue , he argued for a coherent socialist policy which would be freshly committed to ideals and be capable of realization .
6 TANU wanted a medium that would be totally committed to its goals .
7 He understands and would be totally committed to tourism if he got into office . ’
8 Thus , despite the fact , that WFP will require a substantial input of accounting resources these will be largely committed to the bureaucratic tasks of co-ordinating transactions between A and B. Given particularly the government 's record in the early 1980's of denouncing the ‘ excessive , administrative costs of the NHS , that seems incredible .
9 ‘ I think it will be harder because Plymouth will work their socks off they are struggling for points and will be totally committed to getting a result .
10 More innovatively , companies signing up for the programme will be legally committed to going through a conciliation process to sort out unforeseen interoperability problems .
11 But he suspects Major will fudge the issue by signing the treaty and accepting the so-called ‘ Delors Compromise ’ , whereby Britain will be formally committed to monetary union but its implementation will be left to a later parliament .
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