noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a passionate commitment to sth
▪ There was no doubt about his passionate commitment to peace.
a strong commitment to sth
▪ Since its establishment in 1945 the College has had a strong commitment to research.
demonstrate...commitment
▪ The government now has an opportunity to demonstrate its commitment to reform.
firm conviction/commitment/belief etc
▪ Our client hasn’t reached a firm decision on the matter yet.
stress your commitment to (doing) sth
▪ The President stressed his commitment to tackling world poverty.
total commitment
▪ a sport that demands total commitment
unswerving loyalty/commitment/support etc
▪ a politician with unswerving loyalty to the President
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
clear
▪ Most of the multinationals have steered clear of commitments so far.
▪ Finally, the plan registered a clear commitment to limit program benefits to the designated target areas.
▪ The Liberal Democrat manifesto is a clear commitment to change Britain.
▪ Is not the extra £3.6 million further evidence of the Government's clear commitment to fighting crime?
▪ There is in the patients charter a clear commitment that patients should be seen within a maximum of two years.
▪ Opportunities for promotion once I have made a clear commitment to the work.
▪ Mr. Riddick Is not the jobseekers charter further evidence of the Government's clear commitment to improve public services?
financial
▪ There was Treasury alarm at mounting financial commitments and Silkin received no consistent enthusiasm from his colleagues for his proposals.
▪ It had only one full-time employee and required no financial commitment from its members.
▪ Big investments Big financial commitments followed.
▪ The financial commitment may have tied the Padres' hands for offseason moves.
▪ Where their partners control what they manage, women can find their attempts to meet health needs and financial commitments thwarted.
▪ With a change in center leadership, and an increased financial commitment from the city, that is beginning to change.
▪ The initial financial commitment amounted to A$226,000,000 over a three-year period.
▪ They could also involve you in heavy financial commitments.
firm
▪ But the environment minister, Tom King, could not give any firm commitment to further government funds.
▪ That sounds like a firm commitment.
▪ The most far-reaching omission was the lack of any firm commitment to a policy for integration.
▪ A third was that decentralization requires a firm commitment from the top.
▪ The rest of the world owes them at least a firm commitment to primary education.
▪ The root of materialism is probably a firm commitment to empirical scientific method as the only reliable way to discover truth.
▪ Such a firm commitment was not sought at this stage.
▪ It was not until the second half of the 1950s that autarchy was definitively superseded by a firm commitment to international capitalism.
great
▪ The greater the commitment, the more a fan has at stake.
▪ Of course, there are some practical reasons why this nation has a greater commitment to law than other nations do.
▪ Kumar identifies trust as being based upon honesty and dependability, when these exist they result in greater commitment.
▪ That produced greater commitment, which in turn produced significant improvement in every organizational element.
▪ Holistic aromatherapy, in common with other holistic therapies, demands a great deal of commitment from yourself.
▪ With the extra dimension of greater personal commitment by the author, it could have been a very good book indeed.
▪ However, he shows great commitment to the crew's development from novices to contenders for the national championships.
▪ In particular, who in the nine months has been in charge of this section and shown great dedication and commitment.
high
▪ It is obvious that this requires a high degree of commitment to regular practice, with punctuality and concentration during rehearsals.
▪ This is usually possible in organizations where the scientists have a high degree of commitment.
▪ Cosmopolitans were defined as showing higher levels of commitment to specialized skills and professional peer group judgement than to the employing organization.
▪ The high level of commitment at the state level for special education programs. 4.
▪ I was greatly impressed by the high level of commitment to the achievement of success by everyone that I met.
▪ Another element in the development of unreasonable expectations stemmed from the high commitment of the area training staff to the training program.
▪ As will be seen, however, this high commitment of the training staff had both positive and negative consequences.
▪ Thus hospital recommendations, based on discounted prices, can result in high cost commitments for primary care.
other
▪ For many of us there are the added problems of the other commitments that are normal at this time of our lives.
▪ Training was therefore seen as time-consuming and a burden for busy volunteers, many with other commitments.
▪ But due to other commitments and the very constricted nature of the passage, it was not pursued at the time.
▪ We will write the songs as soon as we can sort out our other commitments.
▪ Even so, with members of the cast having so many other commitments it's been difficult to get everyone together.
▪ The Great Casterton School closed in 1958 as its chief participants had developed other commitments.
▪ Yet, because of other commitments, I have arguably spent less time than ever with my fish.
▪ We had other social policy commitments and we also needed to keep to those.
personal
▪ If we say we know something, a personal and responsible commitment to what we know is assumed in our claim.
▪ Too often, he believes, the medical world fails the dying by substituting high-tech treatment for personal commitment.
▪ These arrangements tend to be very beneficial to both because of the personal commitment involved.
▪ There is an intense personal commitment with others in a shared life from which all participants benefit.
▪ Experience has shown that social goals, such as equal opportunities in education, above all require personal and professional commitment.
▪ Management is a tough job to do well even under the best circumstances because of the demands and personal commitment required.
▪ And the test for the manager is not only whether there is this personal commitment but also whether it can be communicated.
▪ Tony knows I have an intense, personal commitment to him.
political
▪ They do not flaunt political commitments.
▪ But now as I watched him perform, I regarded his political commitment with something approaching awe.
▪ The study of social policy has been particularly conspicuous for the specific political or value commitments of those who write about it.
▪ Other studies have showed that profiting from agrarian reform can be combined with a more radical political commitment.
▪ But the crucial challenge is to translate that spontaneous impulse of generosity into a long-term political commitment to prevent more global warming.
▪ Moreover, such educational concepts are integrally related to political commitments to a radical and decentralised democratic social and political structure.
▪ He could now move from cultural idealism and aesthetic values to political commitment.
▪ From now on, she told Yeats, romantic passion would be taking second place to political commitment.
strong
▪ He had a strong commitment to building bridges between the divided community here.
▪ Cherwell Scientific's list of chemistry software shows a strong commitment to scientific productivity and innovation.
▪ That was what I had earlier learned to do in order to appeal to the human spirit and create strong commitment.
▪ There is already a strong commitment to developing expert practitioners in Medway, as demonstrated by the appointment of staff development officers.
▪ Franklin D.. Roosevelt was also elected in 1932 with a strong commitment to reduced expenditures and a balanced budget.
▪ Much more pressing considerations may produce a sullen acceptance of the existing social order which entails no strong commitment to the statusquo.
total
▪ Your success will come because of your will to succeed and your total commitment to your ideal.
▪ It was a full and total commitment.
▪ He was an activist by total commitment, and a professional.
▪ Him against them, life against death ... total commitment, both mental and physical.
▪ But it required total commitment, a huge investment and much patience.
▪ Nevertheless, the Allies had suffered 252,000 casualties out of a total commitment of 480,000.
▪ Mrs Thatcher risked impeding democratisation by not giving the Community total commitment, he said.
▪ It was total commitment and the most crucial moment of her life.
■ VERB
demonstrate
▪ Over time action plans to remediate would also demonstrate commitment to minimise risk.
▪ You have to demonstrate some commitment to society.
▪ It is the Kate which demonstrates the commitment to realism of the film planners.
▪ They wanted to see a positive statement from the Government which demonstrated our commitment to the future of the railways.
▪ These three young men have demonstrated a personal commitment and sacrifice which inspired them to attempt this daunting journey with enthusiasm.
▪ He or she also needs to demonstrate commitment to curriculum and pastoral development. 8.
▪ He had also demonstrated this commitment by appointing a dually qualified teacher-librarian as a Scale One probationer in charge of the library.
▪ Not only does this demonstrate a poor commitment to oneness, it is also very poor leadership technique.
give
▪ No matter how hard they work to give you commitment and effort, their minds are elsewhere.
▪ But the environment minister, Tom King, could not give any firm commitment to further government funds.
▪ House said he gave Frieder an oral commitment two weeks ago.
▪ The work-relationship gives them drive and commitment.
▪ However, I would certainly not want to give a commitment about a further debate.
▪ I hope that my hon. Friend will give the House a commitment on the timing of that replacement.
▪ Mrs Thatcher risked impeding democratisation by not giving the Community total commitment, he said.
include
▪ The Social Charter includes the following commitments: 1.
▪ The Labour manifesto includes a commitment to introduce a return-to-learn entitlement.
▪ They should include a commitment to prompt and effective action.
▪ They may also include specific commitments you have taken on, or skills which only you possess.
make
▪ Already, certain sites on the Internet make an explicit commitment to privacy.
▪ It showed the company that Orrick was willing to make a commitment to them by losing some money in the short run.
▪ Men in love may offer a great deal but they seldom make such a full commitment.
▪ We made a big commitment to Rocket.
▪ You don't have to make a firm commitment but obviously we like you to give us some idea of your availability.
▪ Very honestly, Petrus Partners was unwilling to make that commitment.
▪ Others may be more aware of what they are leaving behind in making their commitment.
▪ People want to feel sure before they make the commitment.
meet
▪ If so, we should be told how they will meet their spending commitments on child benefit and pensions.
▪ Even before the political crisis, the country had failed to meet its commitments to the World Trade Organization.
▪ And it can reduce the business's ability to meet its commitments.
▪ Insurers are cutting the yield because prevailing low interest rates have made it difficult for them to meet commitments.
▪ The biggest long, Phibro, is said by traders to need cocoa to meet commitments in the physical markets.
▪ An estimated 2 million households in 1987 could not meet their repayment commitments.
▪ More directors of trusts are indicating a willingness to draw on these reserves to maintain dividends or meet commitments.
▪ Some people are finding that they are unable to meet their credit commitments.
provide
▪ A public statement of the existence of these rights is a written commitment to providing a public service and should be applauded.
▪ The extended contract and higher volume of service commitment provides Verio with an improved price beginning in January 1999.
▪ The agency says it relied on a government commitment to provide liquidity, but the government reneged.
▪ The recent government commitment to providing an element of specialist music teaching in primary schools is greatly to be welcomed.
▪ His support of the association and commitment to providing outstanding service to his clients was also noted.
▪ Other measures show little commitment by government but provide opportunities for flexible provision by the community sector.
▪ The Opposition have made absolutely no commitment to provide free phones or to increase public expenditure on telecommunications infrastructure in any way.
reaffirmed
▪ He insisted that he had acted within the Constitution and reaffirmed his commitment to multiparty democracy.
▪ The government has reaffirmed its commitment to the principle of integration envisaged in the 1981 Education Act.
▪ The Council of Ministers' meeting reaffirmed the commitment to achieve long-term harmonisation based on these policies.
▪ He reaffirmed the government's commitment to its programme to return the country to democratic civilian rule on schedule in 1992.
▪ The manufacturers' own organisation, the National Office of Animal Health, has reaffirmed its commitment to the dips.
require
▪ To do so effectively requires a commitment from the teaching force - from headteacher to probationer.
▪ It had only one full-time employee and required no financial commitment from its members.
▪ The maintenance of bit-perfect records requires an open-ended commitment to periodic copying and checking.
▪ A third was that decentralization requires a firm commitment from the top.
▪ But the bad news is that the schemes require a 10-year commitment.
▪ They require a substantial commitment on the part of a young person.
▪ But it required total commitment, a huge investment and much patience.
▪ Binding contracts should require equal commitments from both parties.
show
▪ It was a spur-of-the- moment ceremony that Smith said was a way to show his commitment to his lover.
▪ Cosmopolitans were defined as showing higher levels of commitment to specialized skills and professional peer group judgement than to the employing organization.
▪ I say nonsense. Show your commitment through a careful description of your concern.
▪ All partners must show a confirmable commitment to quality.
▪ Often the initial struggles of such programs show a passionate commitment which somehow overcomes many an uncertainty and lack.
▪ It is often the case that voluntary work, of any kind, shows commitment and dedication and impresses employers.
▪ This was impressive, showing considerable commitment on the part of the voluntary members and a high level of financial responsibility among the branches.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ He is adamant that he wants total commitment and effort in the build-up to the match.
▪ It's a part-time program, but it's still a big time commitment.
▪ Lawrence promised full commitment in his drive to make Santa Barbara College the most successful school in the region.
▪ Many parents do not get involved in schools because they have too many other commitments.
▪ Marriage should be a lifelong commitment.
▪ Marriage, ideally, is a lifelong commitment.
▪ Thanks to your energy and commitment, the fundraiser was a great success.
▪ The American adviser expressed America's commitment to Africa's economic development.
▪ The country is hoping for a commitment of $25 million in aid.
▪ The governor has a strong commitment to creating jobs in the state.
▪ The organization has made a commitment to plant 5,000 trees in San Francisco.
▪ The peace talks ended with smiles and handshakes, but no commitment.
▪ You commitment to the project is very much appreciated by management.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But now as I watched him perform, I regarded his political commitment with something approaching awe.
▪ Labour needs to match its commitment to spending with innovative ideas about service delivery, financing and management.
▪ One saw rescue from chaos through engagement with and commitment to life's processes.
▪ Organizational commitment would not appear to be left to chance in many cases.
▪ She also brings compassion for people and a commitment to nursing, together with nursing knowledge and skills.
▪ Some managers are excellent leaders-they know instinctively how to engender enthusiasm and commitment for a project.
▪ Such dams required amounts of capital and commitment that were beyond the limits of aggregations of self-interested mortals.
▪ We are still involved in a guessing game about the Labour Opposition's commitment.