Sentences with phrase «from vague commitments»

But sources close to Miliband confirm that they intended to implement the plan after the 2015 election but had been hoping to keep it secret apart from a vague commitment in the 2015 manifesto to the reform of political funding.

Not exact matches

In his post on Friday, Zuckerberg said he remained optimistic about Trump's vague commitment to protecting «Dreamer» immigrants who were brought into the U.S. at a young age from deportation.
WASHINGTON — President Obama pressured the heads of the nation's biggest banks on Monday to take «extraordinary» steps to revive lending for small businesses and homeowners, drawing a firm commitment from one large bank to make more loans and vaguer assurances from others.
Christianity Today quotes words of vague assurance from the elders of Willow Creek Community Church, who promise to «walk alongside Bill in stewarding his season of reflection» and profess their commitment «to working together on appropriate next steps with him.»
NCDA described an earlier version of the negotiated document as a play - by - play of these solid commitments being «systematically deleted, diluted and downgraded» and replaced with «vague intentions to «consider» and «work towards,» according to a 16 August letter from NCDA to U.N. Secretary - General Ban Ki - moon.
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z