Example sentences of "[adj] to commit [pn reflx] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thomas Hayes , however , the forensic expert responsible for identifying the tiny piece of Swiss circuit board , was not prepared to commit himself on this point . |
| 2 | Most negative criticisms of the quality of search work were expressed verbally on home territory to the author ; relatively few clients were prepared to commit themselves to serious discontent on paper , even anonymously . |
| 3 | In plain language it meant that there could be no public loan unless the British Government was prepared to commit itself to severe retrenchment , including a cut of ten per cent in unemployment benefits . |
| 4 | In the recent election , politicians of all shades seemed reluctant to commit themselves to higher spending on aid , and there is more talk nowadays about the west 's obligations to nations emerging from communist dictatorship in eastern and central Europe . |
| 5 | And you know if we were able to commit ourselves to two public , two meetings , three meetings of some sort in a year where we 're actually gon na do something and present some sort of front Par part of presenting some sort of front is to try to sell a few bits of pieces if we 're prepared to accept that we 're going to lose money . |