Example sentences of "[prep] commitment to [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The event is a watershed , because it shows a degree of commitment to wide screen TV from BSkyB never previously seen .
2 It is obvious that this requires a high degree of commitment to regular practice , with punctuality and concentration during rehearsals .
3 With a further 25% of the data sheets describing qualification training ( which may also be regarded as an aspect of development training ) , there was indeed far less evidence of commitment to specific job training programmes .
4 Their effectiveness depends on a number of factors , including personality , sensitivity , their parental and other models of marriage ( good and poor ) , and their understanding and level of commitment to each other .
5 The parallels of the extreme behaviourist and the extreme hereditarian meet at a finite point and join hands in mystic union , like the snake with its tail in its mouth , welded together by the acetylene torch of commitment to one approach and one answer to a multitude of questions .
6 This has led to the tying of aid to a large extent to inappropriate or unduly expensive goods from the donor 's country , to sharp annual variations in the volume of aid flows and to a lack of commitment to real coordination with other donors .
7 introduces a theme common to Somervillians of every generation — that of a high level of commitment to public service .
8 The presentation of the Statement of Commitment to any group of people is n't the easiest of tasks to perform , but the gentle and personal way you handled it in the sections for which you had a responsibility was very well done , as we knew it would be .
9 One problem above all is the lack of commitment to sector-based training .
10 Both the head and the DCSL freely acknowledged that these developments were undertaken in the light of knowledge that a library project existed , and that schools might stand a better chance of securing a grant if they could show evidence of commitment to enhanced library provision .
11 This allowed us to identify , for example , differing levels of commitment to particular change initiatives , perceptions of the overall change strategy , and the difficulties experienced by different managerial groups .
12 It was clear from the start that American aid would only take place in the context of commitments to economic reform within Europe .
13 Good communications are encouraged by doing so , and each product line can be encouraged to see itself as a profit centre , a company within the company , making for commitment to that element of the company objectives .
14 More important to the demise of parliamentary democracy is the adverse effect on commitment to parliamentary politics which a reduced role in policy-making for a parliament can have : ‘ disaffected elements are , increasingly , prepared to challenge directly the policy decisions of an elected government … using group power , even illegally deployed ’ ( Harrison 1980 , p. 73 ) .
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