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Sentence Examples In the table below, enter the information specific to your Pledge of Security and Loan Agreement. A delegate holds her hand over her heart during the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance at the 2004 Republican National Convention. The Pledge of Allegiance with all of its intended meaning does not effectuate an establishment of religion. Pledge your allegiance to your own gender and learn to celebrate the woman in you. I was even one of those progressive Sixties kids who revolted, refusing to say the Pledge of Allegiance. They think it's inappropriate to mix government and God in the way it now exists in the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag. He began his speech with a biting criticism of corporate crime and introduced his Twelve-Step Congressional Candidate Pledge. From the beginning, it's apparent that The Pledge is not going to be a happy motion picture. After the recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance, the meeting was called to order. As anyone who has ever recited the Pledge of Allegiance will attest, having your heart in the right place means having it on your left side. The Pledge, itself, came along slightly more than a century ago, the work of a socialist editor and clergyman. It follows that religious liberty rights are not in question and that the Pledge policy fully comports with the Constitution. The Holiday Pledge Drive, into which the current round of fundraising seems to have evolved, has been a raging success. Today, the GOP released their Pledge to America, their rip-off of the popular and galvanizing 1994 Contract with America. These included conscientious objectors associated with the Peace Pledge Union and people of Irish extraction. Later Gill joined the Peace Pledge Union and supported the British branch of the Fellowship of Reconciliation. Many members of the Peace Pledge Union later joined the Bruderhof during it's period of residence in the Cotswolds. I'd stationed Ashley and Willow at the pizza table, where they were handing out slices to anyone who volunteered to sign our Peace Pledge. The same year, she began work on the mystery film The Pledge, actor Sean Penn's second directorial effort, in which she played a child psychologist. This pursuit of risk avoidance has become the mantra of health care and is now a political manifesto pledge. Show More Sentences The security used in such transactions is mainly the pledge, which is discussed in the next chapter. He had just heard the huntmaster mark the occasion with a sombre valediction, but pledge to continue the tradition of hunting. The main sop is a pledge to increase markets for US goods overseas by carrying out a more aggressive trade policy against Europe and Japan. Since making his pledge he has found alternative ways to build bridges with Germany's chancellor, Angela Merkel. Hundreds of uniformed children solemnly undertook a pledge to contribute to cleanliness in their habitat. We solemnly affirm that we pledge our time, effort, and resources to the fullest extent that we can, so that no one has to fight cancer alone. He will contrast that alleged double-dealing with his unvarnished pledge to reduce the overall tax burden in the UK year on year on year. The existing oath of allegiance for people seeking British nationality is to be changed to a citizenship pledge. Already we have been treated to the unedifying sight of ministers calling on preachers to pledge their support for the incumbent president. I cannot pledge that such horrors will never occur under a Conservative Government. So what would provoke an exceedingly individualistic, sufficiently unbeholden band to pledge such slavish devotion to a classic rock titan? Or better yet, retire the pledge as an exercise in groupthink unbefitting a free people. The piece of paper that documents this pledge is usually called a mortgage or a deed of trust. Ticket scalpers have prevailed despite the pledge made by the authorities to crack down on them. The pledge confers on the creditor a right to sell the chattel involved and to satisfy the debt from the proceeds. Brown was ready to mollify the union leaders, with whom he has a long and close association, with a pledge to continue the debate on the issue. You have made an oath and a pledge that you will be a faithful, true and loyal citizen of the United Kingdom. The shaykhs and their tribes pledge their allegiance to the ruling Al Saud royal family. I have given my word to the abbess and I pledge the same to you, that she will be generously cared for. Although repeated again and again this pledge has fallen into abeyance in the post-colonial era. Show More Sentences He took seriously his pledge made at the outset of the war that he would live a frugal and abstemious existence as long as the war lasted. In the hall Godwin had told Gyric that on the morrow he would pledge to avenge the harm done to his brother. This small shareholder asked if he and the board members would be willing to rise and pledge allegiance to the flag? As audiences dwindled, Apollo's pledge to keep the cinema open until a buyer could be found died with the box office takings. When I was young, I was puzzled as to why we would pledge allegiance to a flag. As for the hearing, the three houses represented here will pledge for your safe conduct. They have made individual donations and organised fundraising activities including pledge auctions, safari suppers and Caribbean evenings. I pledge myself to working hard for all my constituents, regardless of political affiliation. The company kept its pledge to launch the services which will allow always-on internet access of over mobile handsets by the end of the year. They have given me their solemn pledge, and I hope that they will be able to resist the many temptations around them. Since all Sikhs pledge to not cut their hair, Kesh reminds Sikhs of their equality, and removes reason for pride. How could they pledge loyalty to a country that destroys families with their bombs and drives millions from their homes? If this is not done, then the person who has the reversion may bring an action before the bailiffs, either by gage and pledge or by writ. The other is that the signing of the pledge was a form of indirectly enforced good behaviour. Somewhat infelicitous and arrhythmic on paper, the pledge is powerful when chanted out loud by thousands. I thought all people must pledge their allegiance, or be categorised accordingly. After all, it's the land of the free and the home of the abstinence vow, where many teenagers pledge to be celibate until marriage. One million children are still living in poverty in Britain, despite the government's pledge to reduce child poverty. Brunner once looked on like an indulgent pledge master as his team spent weeks bombarding one another with flying rubber rings. The scheme could be a one-off pledge or renewable annually as a type of debenture or membership fee. Show More Sentences His success led other parties to pledge to re-examine the country's generous refugee policy. He gave the pledge after a series of MPs made pleas for leaseholds to be scrapped. He then restated the party's pledge to tackle poor discipline in the classroom. The woman told me that I needed to get my pledge sheet stamped as evidence that I'd actually done the walk. Zechariah, however, is given a punitive sign, while the annunciation to Mary concludes with her pledge of willing submission. So in 1953 he ran for president of the local union on a pledge of equal pay and equal treatment. She concluded with a pledge to continue fighting against anti-Semitism and fascism. Well, you can throw that pledge on the scrap heap of desperate promises never kept. All parties are likely to include a pledge in their election manifestos ruling out such a move. Pressure needs to be stepped up to force the government to honour its manifesto pledge. The filled out pledge cards are then mailed back to voters shortly before Election Day as a way to remind them to vote. Taking an absolutist view on temporary cuts would rapidly make the whole pledge untenable. Of course it does mean the governor is having to backtrack on yet another pledge he made. Republicans, many beholden to an anti-tax-raising pledge, have never shown willingness to play ball. Shouldn't such a pledge be made before the injured, not injurers? Moreover, we pledge that we will not have our uniforms redesigned on an annual basis by queeny coutouriers and put up our ticket prices on the strength of it. I pledge to conduct a full and fair investigation and to give the grand jury all of the information necessary to do its job. Bush 41, faced with a recession, rising debt and a war, contravened his own body-part-specific campaign pledge and raised taxes. We take these reaffirmations and that pledge very seriously. The U.N. report is simply holding America to its own pledge. Show More Sentences What hidden motivations are there in an oath that states that our judges will pledge themselves to act fairly and impartially, without fear or favour, affection, or ill will? In short, they threw away the EU pledge of deposit insurance, which is the last defense against nationwide bank runs. The life insurer was forced last week to renege on its pledge. There were no pledge and repo transactions in the week under review. Perhaps most fatefully, gone was any explicit pledge to formalize the agreement as a binding treaty next year. As Anzac Day dawns this year, it might be time for a new pledge. The Soviet Union reneged on its pledge of safe conduct, handing Nagy and other prominent figures over to the new Hungarian regime, which executed them in secret. As the public inquiry gets under away later this year, his pledge may at last be honoured. In speaking of Hume as a determinist, we must, however, bear in mind that this does not in his case carry any pledge of allegiance to a reign of necessity in nature. All payments under this pledge shall be made in United States Dollars by means of telegraphic transfer remittance to the mutually agreed bank account. That's because the pledge was regarded as a badge of nonconformist pride. The United States government has increased its aid pledge tenfold. And with new leadership in Washington we will stand together and pledge to listen to the American people. The video is accompanied by a photograph of a young black girl wrapped tightly in Kevlar, and a pledge card asking people to vote. Like the first taste of scotch to a former alcoholic who breaks the pledge, what followed was a raging thirst for everything and anything western. Bryan, a lambda from Rutgers University, said he believes he benefited from the pledge process. Nevertheless, President Bush, true to his campaign pledge, did his level best keep his foot on the pedal. Chisholm refuses to be drawn on whether or not he would like to see the abolition of the voucher system but welcomes the Home Office pledge to review the set-up. Would-be computer hackers can now study the tricks of the trade at university, providing they first sign a pledge agreeing not to break the law with their new skills. The scheme includes a pledge that if a passenger misses a bus because it is running more than one minute early they will be able to claim back a free ticket. Show More Sentences Fifty years later, she breaks that pledge and joins forces with a journalist as they try to uncover what became of her son. We pledge to ensure that such a monstrosity does not ever happen again. The solemn pledge taken included an oath swearing to quit the drug habit and to avoid association with former friends and others still involved with drugs. Even after this pledge of homage the French continued to pressure the English administration. Lord Grey's first announcement as Prime Minister was a pledge to carry out parliamentary reform. Natural justice is a pledge of reciprocal benefit, to prevent one man from harming or being harmed by another. It signifies recognition of a fellow citizen of heaven, and a pledge to do everything possible to get others to heaven also. Pitt resigned when the King's opposition became known, as he was unable to fulfill his pledge. On 20 September 2012 Clegg personally apologised for breaking his pledge not to raise university tuition fees. Matric has surpassed that pledge by creating 64 new jobs and retaining 204 existing employees. To protect your dog from lungworm, speak to your vet or join the pledge at www. Akiko Domoto repeated her pledge Friday to send a project to reclaim 101 hectares of tideland in Tokyo Bay back to the drawing board. Although ostensibly neutral, Denmark was under heavy French and Russian pressure to pledge its fleet to Napoleon. Henry then honoured his pledge of December 1483 to marry Elizabeth of York. On 18 January 1486 at Westminster, he honoured a pledge made three years earlier and married Elizabeth of York. This is a gorgeous mylange of five separate bicolours that pledge to be quick-flowering, stout plants with many good-sized flower spikes. At one time, ministers had to take a pledge not to drink and encouraged their congregations to do the same. We are very pleased with the number of Qatari nationals admitted and pledge our full commitment in supporting them in their studentship. Jafar Ahmed Mubarak thanked the mnister for the audiennce and pledge to enhance co-operation. Odo saw no option but to invoke the aid of Charles Martel and pledge allegiance to the Frankish prince. Show More Sentences The service was withdrawn following an election manifesto pledge by the Labour Group at the 2011 local government election. Our task is only half finished. It will be my duty to enforce the decisions of the conference and I hereby pledge myself to that end. Both candidates pledge to simplify the state's bloated bureaucracy. One of the three had a record of cross-dressing and had been released upon signing a pledge not to wear women's dresses in public again. We urge the Minister to come forward and announce whether or not the Government will stick to their pledge to introduce a code and adjudicator. Among other aspects, the Sukuk benefits from a change of control, a negative pledge and a cross acceleration clause provision. He left his car as a pledge that he would return with the money. All the clergy in England solemnly pledge themselves to observe the rubrics. We owe a debt of honour to the wounded and pledge to fight for their right never to be forgotten and to be cared for to the end of their days. Ministers can be removed from office if the responsibilities of the pledge are not met. For Zwingli, a sacrament was an initiatory ceremony or a pledge, pointing out that the word was derived from sacramentum meaning an oath. Today, dads are entitled to just two weeks' leave but the Lib Dems will pledge they would give a further four weeks of protected paternity leave. It involved the pledge of a person, or a member of that person's family, to service another person providing credit. In the 1991 lawsuit, the pledge said Hamm participated ''till the very end. To make a pledge or donation, please call the charity's office. James thought it was cruel for the fraternity members to make the pledge think his father had died suddenly and refused to play along. Meredith's election platform included a pledge to have another referendum on the post of elected mayor. One major internal power was that Parliament wanted a pledge from the Commission that it would put forward legislation when parliament requests. However, to stay in Belgium he had to pledge not to publish anything on the subject of contemporary politics. Khrushchev backed down from a confrontation, and the Soviet Union removed the missiles in return for an American pledge not to invade Cuba again. Show More Sentences If the pledge is not transferred to the effective possession of the pledgee. Initially launched with 40 families in the United States in 2010, the pledge has grown to include 137 pledgers from 14 countries. Mehmed's demand that Jassim disband his troops and pledge his loyalty to the Ottomans was met with refusal. From 2 August 1934, members of the armed forces were required to pledge an oath of unconditional obedience to Hitler personally. For Lott, liberal boomer intellectuals such as Paul Berman and Todd Gitlin have betrayed the '60s legacy of radicalism to which all boomer liberals ought to pledge allegiance. It is where a group of Jinn offered allegiance pledge to the prophet. For example, the current Olympic Oath is really a pledge, not properly an oath, since there is only a promise but there is no appeal to a sacred witness. The Ostyaks would formally declare their allegiance to Yermak on October 30, complementing their pledge by delivering offerings of food to the city. For each Kickstarter pledge Yager will include a small square painting, each a work of art in itself, but assembled like pieces of a photomosaic creating a larger image. Hossein is highly regarded by Shiite Muslims because he refused to pledge allegiance to Yazid I, the Umayyad caliph because he considered the rules of the Umayyads unjust. Event bosses are enforcing a strict no-sunbed rule which will mean only models who have never used, or pledge not to use sunbeds, can be involved in the show. The provision of the Aftercare Service for ex-members of the UDR and home service battalions of the RIR which succeeded it fulfils a Government pledge. Their sacrosanctity was enforced by a pledge, taken by the plebeians, to kill any person who harmed or interfered with a tribune during his term of office. Members to swear allegiance to their constituents and the nation and to pledge to uphold the law rather than one pledging personal allegiance to the serving Monarch. Kirklees mayor Clr Paul Kane hosted the second in a series of business lunch and guest lecture events as part his pledge to forge stronger links with local firms. In an example of gunboat diplomacy, the Americans sent then the USS Cyane and demanded 24,000 dollars in damages, an apology and a pledge of good behavior in the future. To commemorate the day, 100 fish and chip shops around the UK have signed up to pledge a minimum of PS100 towards the NFFF's chosen charity, the Fishermen's Mission. He included an additional pledge on housing and rent on 27 April. Examples from Classical Literature Mahatma Gandhi advised his countrymen to take the Satyagraha Pledge as the only means of securing redress for their grievances. One could break down ASMC's Pledge of Professionalism into its ten components, expounding in length on each individual statement and thought. I'm in the kitchen with a dustrag in one hand and Pledge in the other when my mother walks in. Our pledge to these principles is constant, because we believe in their rightness. This broad pledge was so well kept that at the age of nineteen he was made a partner. They were not prepared to pledge their neutrality in case of aggression by Germany. The pledge was a sacred one, and no doubt Campos meant honestly to keep it. If a woman greatly desires a child she will go to a shrine and lay a stone on it which she calls the dharna or deposit or pledge. Oh, in that case, I did right in giving him my scapulary as a pledge of remembrance. It was Mr. Manners, then, who went to Mr. Dix, and told him under the pledge of secrecy. If they want to collect that dratted pledge of theirs, let them put me where I can make it. The hot blood spread all over the face of the gay boy before her, as he read and re-read this singular pledge. Within three days of the German pledge the Hesperian was sunk and an American citizen drowned. As he stood and published and defined that reiterated pledge, his soul was sovereignly, supremely free. Well, we can only pledge ourselves not to exaggerate the infliction of these evils. Come, my daughter, shake hands with this gentleman, and pledge him your troth. My love for Kashi, and the pledge to find him after death, night and day haunted me. Nothing about that in the pledge, and when you sign something, you gotta pay it. I fear, Senor Dictator, that your pledge to see me across the frontier will not avail against that mad-dog mob. I would still redeem my pledge, and restore meerkat, so lost not a moment in turning back to release the other two. Show More Sentences When angular and unafflicted in a nativity, she is the promissory pledge of great success in life and continual good fortune. Their determination to support this pledge, the French Government has uniformly and undeviatingly declared. Will you pledge me your honour, if I release you upon parole, that you will navigate us thither? An infant's contracts of pledge, like any of its contracts are voidable, but not void. The modern pledge of abstinence bears in various points resemblance to the Nazirite vow. On the other hand, the pledge of the total abstainer, like the vow of the Nazirite, carries with it a certain moral danger. The wampum was a pledge of their sincerity, and white an emblem of purity and of faith. Their complaints led Prime Minister David Cameron to openly pledge support for the Murrains. And I'll pledge you my word john thomas knows the men he's talking about. Tain't ev'ry man, Miss Carr, ez hev got the pluck to pledge not only what he's got, but what he reckons to git. We have to thank the man for not subjecting us to a pledge of secresy. To that effort I pledge all my strength and every power of my office. We're pulling out of the financial pawnshop in fine shape, and we'll get out without leaving one unredeemed pledge behind. Must the love I hear my brother pledge itself to be My brother's jailor? In my ancestor's name, I adjure and remind thee of thy pledge. White Ribbon Day, is an annual event to get men and boys to pledge never to commit, condone or remain silent about abuse against women and girls. We come here to get a pledge from old money Bags, and what does he do? We pledge to continue her mission to banish extremism and root out dictatorship in all its forms and manifestations, he said. And the lips that shall refuse to pledge me to his well-earned fame, I term false and dishonoured, and will so maintain them with my life. Kazantsev says she was hazed herself as a pledge and that she took part in some hazing activities. Show More Sentences What terms will you pledge for the repayment of the monies to be advanced? The borrower gives me in pledge some raw sugars, on condition that I should sell if repayment were not made within a fixed period. In that case he would retain the knife in his possession, not daring to offer it for sale, or for pledge in a pawnshop. I had to pledge my clock a week ago to pay Skinner, and I shall never see it again. But no man ventured directly to gainsay a pledge filled to the health of the reigning monarch. I fill my cup to Cedric himself, since he refuses to pledge his son's health. Our pledge was not merely to do a patchwork job with secondhand materials. The scheme rewards and recognises UK employers and organisations that pledge, demonstrate or advocate support to the armed forces community. Designers say they have focussed on its look, roominess, safety features and have made a pledge to offer an agile driving experience. Come, pledge our ancient friendship in a goblet of Falernian. Former Saw Doctors drummer Johnny Donnelly will be completing a pledge to run a marathon every month for four years for charity. And so today we pledge an end to the era of deadlock and drift, and a new season of American renewal has begun. The party has already vowed to recruit 3,000 more midwives by 2020 under its Time to Care pledge. Were you indeed my son, or were you the pledge of adulterous love? Malvoisin, then, acting as godfather of the champion, stepped forward, and laid the glove of the Jewess, which was the pledge of battle, at the feet of the Grand Master. Craig Paternoster, a sophomore at Pennsylvania's Meyers High School, was suspended for three weeks after he wouldn't stand for the pledge of Allegiance. It soon proved its efficacy, and redeemed the leech's pledge. A key pledge was to lower the voting age from 21 to 18, upon the achievement of which, in 1970, Sutch wound it up, later founding the Official Monster Raving Loony Party. Therefore a wise lord cannot, nor ought he to, keep faith when such observance may be turned against him, and when the reasons that caused him to pledge it exist no longer. Find more words! 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