formal commitment

collocation in English

meaningsofformalandcommitment

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formal
adjective
uk
/ˈfɔː.məl/us
/ˈfɔːr.məl/
public ...
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commitment
noun
uk
/kəˈmɪt.mənt/us
/kəˈmɪt.mənt/
a promise or firm decision to ...
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(Definition offormalandcommitmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofformal commitment

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However, the parties differ in their arrangements for nominations, theirformalcommitmentto women's representation, and in the number of women nominated and elected.
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However, although maintaining aformalcommitmentto fighting corruption, there is little evidence that they have been effective in countering it.
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The preconditions (and maintenance) of nationalism include widespread or universal literacy, and a society committed to economic growth through itsformalcommitmentto social mobility - both horizontal and vertical.
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We are currently examining these arrangements and have not at this stage made aformalcommitment.
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I cannot make aformalcommitment, but that is the spirit in which we are approaching the matter.
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There is noformalcommitmentto spending on individual countries under the know-how fund in any one year.
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Clubs can form a wonderful basis—and this is just common sense—for service to the community without theformalcommitmentof club membership.
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I do not know whether that ever materialised or whether it was in the nature of aformalcommitment.
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If a volunteer, man or woman, wants to join an organisation with aformalcommitmentto serve, there are great opportunities.
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I am convinced that it would be by noformalcommitmentor machinery.
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The vague references in clause 4 are not an adequate substitute for a moreformalcommitmentin legislation.
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Ladies and gentlemen, this is aformalcommitment, not just words on paper.
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He will be prepared to give advice, withoutformalcommitment, up to two years before the proposed starting date, or up to three years for complex schemes.
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The use of public long-term asset vehicles represents a more corporate model, with the same transparency of ownership and formal commitments to distribute the resulting free cash flow.
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He said we had entered into no new formal commitments.
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This is not a case of formal commitments.
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It is not just a list of wishes and formal commitments: it is a concrete and detailed instrument to regulate our relations.
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That will not involve reservists entering into any formal commitments.
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We have made formal commitments to them.
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It was rendered all the more difficult because without formal commitments and in the light of official precedents theirs was a claim that it was difficult to establish.
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