Sentences with phrase «for keeping the promise to»

«The moral case for keeping the promise to halve child poverty by 2010 is now matched by the economic urgency of giving our ailing economy a cash boost through family purses.

Northeast Charter Schools Network Praises General Assembly for Keeping Promises to Connecticut Public School Children

Senator Edwards received a «B -» for keeping his promise to answer the survey on time, although he remained «undecided» on the issue of hemp food and hemp cultivation.

Not exact matches

Incidentally, those keeping score should chalk a big one up for Washington's new trade policy: Merkel finally relented last Saturday by promising to de-emphasize Germany's traditional export - led growth strategies — and to generate more spending by boosting domestic demand.

That could be a difficult promise for the country's interventionist technocrats to keep.

The EU keeps pushing for political reform in Kiev and is promising an 11 billion euro aid program to keep the nation afloat.

T - Mobile had previously struggled to keep up with the two largest wireless companies, Verizon and AT&T, but the merger with Sprint promises to boost T - Mobile's odds in the race for customers and technological innovation.

The WikiLeaks founder is wanted on sexual assault charges in Sweden and he's worried that the U.S. government is after him for spilling so many of its secrets — something he has promised to keep doing in 2013.

OtterBox's new line of high - end, heavy - duty coolers promises to keep ice frozen for up to 14 days and protect food against bears, the company announced yesterday.

It has become fashionable to invoke Xi as a foil for Donald Trump, contrasting his promises that China will «keep its door wide open» and «say no to protectionism» with the U.S. president's defiant vows to close borders, build walls, re-write trade agreements and put «America First.»

The Fed is buying $ 85 billion in Treasury and mortgage securities per month and has promised to keep interest rates near zero for a long while more to support the stop - start U.S. economic recovery and get Americans back to work.

The best fiscal rules are more flexible, promising to keep the structural deficit in check, for example, or pledging to balance the budget over a number of years.

This country may be deeply divided over what to do about immigration in general, but when it comes to a Startup Visa for promising foreign founders of fast - growing businesses, it's hard to imagine a case for keeping these job - creating achievers out.

For months, employees at Carrier's Indianapolis plant have closely followed the company's plans to close the factory and Donald Trump's promise to keep it from doing so.

Trump, who had campaigned on a promise to keep companies from moving jobs overseas, plans to travel to the plant on Thursday for a formal announcement of the deal.

In recent years, rich countries have not kept their promises to provide aid to the developing world at a rate of 0.7 per cent of GDP, and although aid has not declined, it has remained flat for some time.

Even if you believe the federal government will keep its promises and won't further shift costs to states (and they recently cut our match rate to its lowest point in 25 years), even advocates for Obamacare admit the federal subsidies are front - loaded and that expansion will eventually cost the states.

«I'm going to keep working to make sure funding I fought for in the budget is used to honor that promise.»

Some privacy advocates previously faulted the FTC for its response to a 2014 incident in which Facebook, which also owns the messaging app WhatsApp, began combining user data across its services after initially promising that it would keep them separate.

No counterparty risk means that once you have physical gold in your possession, you don't depend on someone else to fulfill a contract or keep a promise for it to retain its value.

The never - ending promise of a weight loss pill that is proven to work keeps us wishing for eventual success.

But once it's all over, and you have raised your money, provided your funders with their promised rewards, and moved to trying to sell to a wider audience, what many people forget is that keeping in touch with the people who supported them at the start is still very powerful for ongoing marketing.

The Northern Gateway Project, introduced in the middle of the last decade, promises to keep British Columbia mired in debate for years more to come.

Services can and do differentiate based on how long they keep that metadata; Signal, 4 for example, promises to flush metadata as soon as possible, whereas WhatsApp — which uses encryption developed by Signal — keeps such data indefinitely.

The U.S. just levied fresh sanctions against the Eastern European country for its alleged meddling in the 2016 presidential election, and early last week President Donald Trump warned Russia that the U.S. military could soon strike its ally Syria in response to its use of chemical weapons — a promise he kept Friday evening.

Reaching into longer dated securities to boost income is increasingly difficult to stomach, even with Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen promising to keep interest rates low for longer.

Ontario has been waiting too long for our government to table its promised jobs plan, and it can no longer afford to keep waiting.

Central banks are notorious for breaking their promises to keep a fixed rate between the local currency and gold, or between the local currency and some external currency.

«Twelve years later, the government has not only failed to keep this promise, it has done the opposite; reorganization and restructuring initiatives have eaten up money that should have improved services for Aboriginal children and youth, improvements the government promised never arrived,» said James.

In regard to economic policy, the Party promises to create a low cost environment for business by permanently keeping levels of taxation low, enacting a Red Tape Review (similar to the one in British Columbia) to aid small business, and eliminating health care premiums.

«As we move forward to the next election, I will continue to hold Christy Clark accountable for failing to keep her promises to British Columbians, and I will be putting forward a diverse economic platform that will bring jobs to every region of the province and a comprehensive climate plan, that incorporates LNG within the context of our overall climate goals.

In that case, we will use contractual means to ensure the potential buyers promise to keep your information secure, and, if the sale or transfer proceeds, to only use the information for the purposes for which you disclosed it and in a manner consistent with this Privacy Ppromise to keep your information secure, and, if the sale or transfer proceeds, to only use the information for the purposes for which you disclosed it and in a manner consistent with this Privacy PromisePromise.

The first was QE2, the second was a promise to keep interest rates low for two years, and the third was this year's «operation twist.»

As far as creating the body and then demanding certain parts be cut off is also a symbolic and learning experience for Abraham and his seed that Abraham's seed would be blessed and that Abraham and his seed made would continue to make agreements and promises with God, if that keep their agreements they made with God great blessings would be upon them.

In 2012, The CCA sent a letter to 48 states offering to buy public prisons in exchange for a promise to keep the prisons at 90 % occupancy for 20 years.

Sin is EXACTLY what keeps people out of heaven, for SIN is not obeying the Gospel — not believing that Jesus is the one and only Son of God who came to take away our sins, the promised one, the Messiah.

Our concept of resurrection must be grounded in the Lord's promise that those who give their lives in obedience to God in love for others, keep — find — their lives forever.

This promise keeps me returning each Sunday morning; I need to be reminded that my greatest need is the good news, and that Jesus» redeeming love and resurrection is for today — for me today.

«We live in a culture that uses promises to excite our desire for things, keep us distracted, and leave us dissatisfied, so that we want more!

For I have chosen him, so that he will direct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is right and just, so that the Lord will bring about for Abraham what he has promised him» (Genesis 18:17 - 19, NIFor I have chosen him, so that he will direct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is right and just, so that the Lord will bring about for Abraham what he has promised him» (Genesis 18:17 - 19, NIfor Abraham what he has promised him» (Genesis 18:17 - 19, NIV).

In reflection on the promise in Revelation that on the day of shalom «there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away,» Wolterstorff writes: «I shall try to keep the wound from healing, in recognition of our living still in the old order of things.

For instance, one can not count on another keeping her or his promise because circumstances at the time when the promise falls due may dictate or permit that it be broken in order to maximize the good.

Nevertheless, such sin did not keep God from promising to remember His covenant with the people of Israel and provide atonement for them (Ezek 16:60 - 63).

My hope is in Jesus Christ and that is just that, plain and simple, the way the Bible has it, and according to the promises that are actually given there, which are mostly for forgiveness of sins, as I keep saying like a broken record, here.

Keep looking for entrance to the promised land.

I still kept a round of duties, and would not suffer myself to run into any open vices, and so got along very well in time of health and prosperity, but when I was distressed or threatened by sickness, death, or heavy storms of thunder, my religion would not do, and I found there was something wanting, and would begin to repent my going so much to frolics, but when the distress was over, the devil and my own wicked heart, with the solicitations of my associates, and my fondness for young company, were such strong allurements, I would again give way, and thus I got to be very wild and rude, at the same time kept up my rounds of secret prayer and reading; but God, not willing I should destroy myself, still followed me with his calls, and moved with such power upon my conscience, that I could not satisfy myself with my diversions, and in the midst of my mirth sometimes would have such a sense of my lost and undone condition, that I would wish myself from the company, and after it was over, when I went home, would make many promises that I would attend no more on these frolics, and would beg forgiveness for hours and hours; but when I came to have the temptation again, I would give way: no sooner would I hear the music and drink a glass of wine, but I would find my mind elevated and soon proceed to any sort of merriment or diversion, that I thought was not debauched or openly vicious; but when I returned from my carnal mirth I felt as guilty as ever, and could sometimes not close my eyes for some hours after I had gone to my bed.

Even though the church may seem deeply flawed, it has kept the memory of God's promise alive and made it possible for us to recover it anew in each age.

A character inKierkegaard's fictional journal, Either / Or, suggests that «If, instead of promising forever, the parties would say, until Easter, or until May - day comes, there might be some meaning in what they say; for then they would have said something definite, and also something that they might be able to keep».

You, at least, try to console me, and say that I promise to assist at the hour of death, with all the graces necessary for salvation, all those who, on the first Saturday of five consecutive months go to confession and receive Holy Communion, recite five decades of the rosary and keep me company for a quarter of an hour while meditating on the mysteries of the rosary, with the intention of making reparation to me.»

The man, whose identity remains anonymous for security purposes, said the church promised to keep his baptism quiet, since shari`ah law demands that converts from Islam be executed.