sustained commitment

collocation in English

meaningsofsustainedandcommitment

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sustained
adjective
uk
/səˈsteɪnd/us
/səˈsteɪnd/
continuing for a ...
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commitment
noun
uk
/kəˈmɪt.mənt/us
/kəˈmɪt.mənt/
a promise or firm decision to ...
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(Definition ofsustainedandcommitmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It required the government'ssustainedcommitmentto improving equity and containing costs to within the constraints imposed by the budget.
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This would require a high degree ofsustainedcommitmentfrom all concerned, for which there is no obvious precedent.
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What is clear from the empirical work described is that scrutiny and testing involvessustainedcommitmentand considerable skills in critical appraisal.
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The danger is that none of those places receives thesustainedcommitmentthat they clearly need.
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That makes it harder for the individual to make a full orsustainedcommitmentto volunteering.
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We need a real andsustainedcommitmentby the governments of developing countries to secure universal primary education.
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No other role calls for the range of talents andsustainedcommitmentthat parenthood requires.
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Perhaps above all, we must enter into a real andsustainedcommitmentto education and training.
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We are, however, only at the initial stages of what must be asustainedcommitmentover many years.
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This steady increase in manpower reflects oursustainedcommitmentto building up the strength and efficiency of the police.
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In other words, modern competitiveness is about asustainedcommitmentof resources to long-term development.
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It will support young people aged 16 to 24 in making asustainedcommitmentto volunteering as regards activities which benefit the community.
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The plan is underpinned by the most generous andsustainedcommitmentof additional resources ever in the history of the national health service.
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Over the three years of the spending review, we will see an enormous andsustainedcommitmentto education spending such as we never saw under the previous regime.
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What will make millennium volunteers distinctive will be the provision of high-quality opportunities across the country for young people to make asustainedcommitmentto a programme of voluntary activity.
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Experience shows that national progress in health, nutrition and education depends not on economic development alone but onsustainedcommitmentto improve the well-being of the poor.
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I agree with him that that is a result ofsustainedcommitmentover a period of years to our economic policies, which are now delivering more increased prosperity.
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A modern economy can be fundamentally strong only if there is propersustainedcommitmentto education and training, research and development, science and transport and new techniques and technologies.
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Secondly, just as sustained economic growth demands responsibility in setting private sector pay, so asustainedcommitmentto better public services demands responsibility in setting public sector pay.
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The closer the alignment, the more likely governments are to make credible and sustained commitments to constructive policies and systems of public administration.
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