substantial commitment

collocation in English

meaningsofsubstantialandcommitment

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substantial
adjective
uk
/səbˈstæn.ʃəl/us
/səbˈstæn.ʃəl/
large in size, value, ...
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commitment
noun
uk
/kəˈmɪt.mənt/us
/kəˈmɪt.mənt/
a promise or firm decision to ...
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(Definition ofsubstantialandcommitmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsubstantial commitment

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That asubstantialcommitmentover time is necessary is illustrated by the following case.
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Delivering intensive communitybased hand-washing promotion campaigns to all such communities worldwide would require asubstantialcommitmentof financial and human resources.
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It represents a further andsubstantialcommitmentof resources to the authority.
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That is not wishful thinking—it is asubstantialcommitment—but it involves hard choices.
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All concerned are to be congratulated on that splendid figure, which represents asubstantialcommitmentto the arts by people in business.
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We would like to see asubstantialcommitmentto working towards a long-term international regime on climate change post-2012.
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My policy is to retain asubstantialcommitmentof the same order as the present programme.
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They cannot be tackled without asubstantialcommitmentfrom everyone concerned—central and local government, industry and local people.
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There will also be asubstantialcommitmentof new funds.
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It is a verysubstantialcommitmentand one that we shall have to tackle as best we can.
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By any acount that is asubstantialcommitmentof public subsidy to the individual owners.
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What better evidence could there be of thatsubstantialcommitmentthan a vote by the consultants on whether their hospital should form a self-governing trust?
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That is asubstantialcommitmentagainst the background of three-year funding which has been introduced for the first time.
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I envisage our making a furthersubstantialcommitmentbefore too long.
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Both in the courts service and in the provision of legal services there is a need for a moresubstantialcommitmentof public resources.
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That represents asubstantialcommitmentof resources at the highest level ever.
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What is the alternative to thesubstantialcommitmentwe have made?
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There would have to be a fairlysubstantialcommitmentto agriculture.
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I want to be clear whether it is a treaty and to what extent we have entered into asubstantialcommitment.
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That is asubstantialcommitment, and there is no doubt that the development corporations have been a success.
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