Example sentences of "not [vb infin] a commitment to " in BNC.
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1 | Sir : Labour does not need a commitment to proportional representation in order to scoop most of the centre ground at the next general election . |
2 | But Mr Ashdown , who is demanding a full-scale coalition , has so far rejected anything that Labour has offered , threatening to vote against a Queen 's Speech that does not include a commitment to electoral reform ; and Mr Kinnock has said that he has made no overtures — not even played the ‘ opening chords ’ — which would lead to a post-election pact . |
3 | Given their concern that only well-founded ideals of the good , and not any ideal one believes in , should be implemented , and given the general knowledge of human fallibility , it is not really surprising that the original position does not yield a commitment to any particular ideal . |
4 | We want , above all else , a system of inspection that does not derive from ideology , that is not a quick fix , that does not represent a commitment to privatisation on the ground that the Department of Education and Science must deliver its element of privatisation . |
5 | This does not involve a commitment to a notion of a politics of consumption à la Gorz or Saunders . |