serious commitment
collocation in Englishmeaningsofseriousandcommitment
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serious
adjective
uk/ˈsɪə.ri.əs/us/ˈsɪr.i.əs/
severe in ...
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commitment
noun
uk/kəˈmɪt.mənt/us/kəˈmɪt.mənt/
a promise or firm decision to ...
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(Definition ofseriousandcommitmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The approach also makes aseriouscommitmentto understanding the structure of the learning environment and the role it plays in learning.
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International organisations have to realise that capacity building of local organisations is a long-term process that needsseriouscommitment.
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Finally, we must make aseriouscommitmentto human rights.
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One thing was blatantly clear, namely that we were miles away from anyseriouscommitmentto harmonisation.
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The proposed energy project is aseriouscommitmentof mutual benefit.
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That is aseriouscommitment, in view of the chequered history of the issue.
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Through their agency local government could he propelled into making aseriouscommitmentto community health services.
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This has all been possible thanks to ourseriouscommitmentto these negotiations.
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The resolution calls forseriouscommitmentfrom the emerging nations, in accordance with their development stage and the composition of their economies.
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This is a sample deployment, but aseriouscommitmentcould follow from it.
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Abolishing the maintenance grant and imposing greater debt on students from low-income backgrounds is incompatible with anyseriouscommitmentto widening access.
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Any party that has aseriouscommitmentto a comprehensive policy on access to child care must address that issue.
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It is not to be taken lightly; it is aseriouscommitment.
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We are left with the additionalseriouscommitmentthat we are guaranteeing a frontier that we have at the same time destroyed.
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We need aseriouscommitmentto improving standards.
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Marriage is no indication necessarily of aseriouscommitmentto creating a loving home.
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The political and diplomatic issues will have to wait for another day, but the deployment of ground troops abroad is aseriouscommitment.
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But to pretend that there is not a heavy andseriouscommitmentto economic and monetary union is nothing more nor less than self-deception.
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I am confident that it is attainable, but it will require aseriouscommitmentby all concerned.
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