Example sentences of "[adj] commitment to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Opportunities for promotion once I have made a clear commitment to the work . |
| 2 | I have made a clear commitment to the House today that , because of representations from Members on both sides of the House , the renewable energy advisory group will fully assess how best to develop renewable energy from Scotland . |
| 3 | Kohl was again criticized for his reluctance to give an unequivocal commitment to the inviolability of the Oder-Neisse border with Poland . |
| 4 | Kohl 's continuing reluctance to give an unequivocal commitment to the inviolability of the German-Polish border along the Oder-Neisse rivers aroused renewed controversy in early March and appeared to threaten the viability of the West German Christian Democrat-FDP coalition . |
| 5 | I recognise that periodic doubts are expressed about the overall German commitment to the project . |
| 6 | The stance adopted by the Act does not concede the full force of the argument that ‘ there may be a need for a clear legislative recognition that expression of unashamedly racist sentiments , as such , is an aspect of freedom of speech too costly in terms of long-term social disharmony to be tolerated in a pluralistic society where ultimately the possibility of democracy and civil liberty may depend on wholehearted public commitment to the fostering of social solidarity . ’ |
| 7 | On the most general level , theoretical commitment to the concept of in-service training was widely in evidence . |
| 8 | Some of us resented the level of continual commitment to the home which was expected of us . |
| 9 | A spokeswoman for the Saatchi Collection said the sales did not signal a lessening commitment to the collection , but had been made to finance new acquisitions . |
| 10 | Successful implementation of decisions , he says , depends on three factors : good motivation , high commitment to the action selected , and common expectations of what is required . |
| 11 | Discuss fee arrangements with the participating member before making any detailed commitments to the client . |
| 12 | Discuss fee arrangements with the participating member before making any detailed commitments to the client . |
| 13 | No one could every doubt his qualities as a leader and his tremendous commitment to the task both on and off the field ’ . |
| 14 | In some areas it was an end in itself , notably in the field of town and environmental planning , in others the means by which changes should be brought about , essentially through well thought out rationalisation and reorganisation , or , more broadly , as a global commitment to the future — the only way of ensuring that desirable social and economic changes could be brought about . |
| 15 | Their personal commitment to the case was an important ingredient in its success , and is an important factor in considering what further action should be taken . |
| 16 | Furthermore , as will be seen , he had a personal commitment to the forging of an explicit relationship between English , education , culture , and the processes of liberal democracy . |
| 17 | Yeah the main difficulty is in is in the time period because it 's it 's quite likely that I mean I 'd we 'd been we 'd been hoping that the target candidate could put in a reasonable amount of personal commitment to the campaign . |
| 18 | We tend to think that it is a modern problem , trying to set up the best lifestyle so that the need for personal commitment to the home is balanced with other social and career activities . |
| 19 | Members of the CSJ , the NILP , the CPNI , the Belfast Wolfe Tone Society , the Republican Clubs and private individuals worked together because they had developed a personal commitment to the association , and not because they were directed by any outside agency . |
| 20 | ‘ Perhaps this would change if everybody involved in outdoor activities had a personal commitment to the environment and a responsibility to minimise the impact upon it . ’ |
| 21 | Mr Saunders ' fund has a 40 per cent exposure to the mark , with a similar commitment to the dollar . |
| 22 | ‘ Over the past hundred years there has never been a real commitment to the formation of a contemporary art collection and the cost of establishing one has not been given much thought ’ , says Corral . |
| 23 | The CEGB would perhaps be more fully convincing in its argument on fuel diversity if it could show that it had more real commitment to the development and use over a long time scale of renewable-energy technologies . |
| 24 | Educational dogmatists who insist that middle-class values ( and hence , speech ) must not be foisted on working-class children ; a society which has never had any real commitment to the idea of education as a key to social mobility ; guilt-ridden liberal sentimentality about working-class cultural identity . |
| 25 | Staff and Heads of Departments have absolute commitment to the University of Bradford , so we 've certainly got something going for us . ’ |
| 26 | The General Assembly made the following commitment to the Treaty of Waitangi : ‘ We renew the covenant to be keepers of one another , to honour the Treaty , its obligations and promises , that justice and peace may cover our land that our life together may grow in new forms of partnership . ’ |
| 27 | Comic Relief is now in its fifth year , and our serious commitment to the work we support grows — as , unfortunately , does the need for that work . |
| 28 | Both Michael Levey and Neil MacGregor , the present director , have had a genuine vision of what the National Gallery stands for and an authentic commitment to the idea of a museum . |
| 29 | ‘ Thus we consider this case against the background of a profound national commitment to the principle that debate on public issues should be uninhibited , robust , and wide-open , and that it may well include vehement , caustic and sometimes unpleasantly sharp attacks on government and public officials . |
| 30 | The use made of resources allocated is as important as the extent of the original allocation : it can not be assumed that budgeting money or designating a staff member as training officer , will ensure more than nominal training unless there is more than nominal commitment to the concept that systematic training should be integral to library management . |