continuing commitment
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcontinueandcommitment
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continue
verb
uk/kənˈtɪn.juː/us/kənˈtɪn.juː/
to keep happening, existing, or doing something, or to cause something or someone to ...
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commitment
noun
uk/kəˈmɪt.mənt/us/kəˈmɪt.mənt/
a promise or firm decision to ...
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(Definition ofcontinueandcommitmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Most election judges ruled that they did, citing the residence of the wife as a substantial andcontinuingcommitmentto the community.
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Recent cuts in government spending, andcontinuingcommitmentto institutional care, make it highly unlikely that there will be any appreciable expansion of community services.
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These are acontinuingcommitmentto the notion of family alongside and indeed intertwined with a commitment to blood ties.
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Consequently, they could account for the relatively higher feelings of distress evidenced by this group despite theircontinuingcommitmentto and engagement with school.
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I welcome this assurance of theircontinuingcommitment.
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They also reflect ourcontinuingcommitmentto listen to points made in debate.
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I want to emphasise that this is acontinuingcommitment.
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Unless there is a way of subsidising services which are socially useful, and unless that is acontinuingcommitment, services will not improve.
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It demonstrates the agency'scontinuingcommitmentto providing a quality service.
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There is no reason to doubt thecontinuingcommitmentof all states parties to this treaty.
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There could be no clearer sign ofcontinuingcommitment.
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Underlying these changes is acontinuingcommitmentto the fundamentals of fair and open competition and selection on merit.
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There is also, of course, acontinuingcommitmentto ensure that higher education receives its appropriate share of funding.
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This would represent in total a six-fold increase in their urban aid and be acontinuingcommitmentover several years.
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We have made clear ourcontinuingcommitmentto work internationally for realistic and verifiable measures of disarmament.
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It demonstrates ourcontinuingcommitmentto railway privatisation.
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There is bound to be acontinuingcommitment, for which the windfall tax would produce no revenue.
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Our firm andcontinuingcommitmentis to increase the pension fully in line with prices.
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However, my immediate concern is to ensure both acontinuingcommitmentto nursery education and that expenditure is maintained, at least at current levels.
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If we are to have acontinuingcommitment, are we to provide one hospital or different hospitals for military and civilian use?
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