They were willing to risk their lives to enforce the law or to commit a crime.

VOA: special.2010.03.10

"I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the Earth.

VOA: special.2009.07.08

"I think there'll be a message if the United States decides not to commit in a robust way to Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.10.16

Beijing's announcement comes one day after the United States became the last of several industrialized countries to commit to cutting carbon emissions.

VOA: standard.2009.11.26

Mr.Obama as been pushing China and India to commit to reducing emmissions before the summit in Copenhagen.

VOA: standard.2009.11.26

"I hope the Obama administration will learn from that and not continue to commit the same mistake."

VOA: standard.2010.01.03

Despite international pressure, the military leader has refused to commit to a swift return to democracy.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

"You have to totally commit." "At the same time, you've kind of got to let go to a power that's way greater than you.

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

But the European bloc did not commit to any sums and said the amount the European Union would provide will depend on financial commitments by other countries.

VOA: standard.2009.11.04

This is a broken society, it is a fragile society, so I think you have to live for the future, commit for the future, teach for the future."

VOA: standard.2010.04.19

India points to the aspirations of millions of poor people like Rakesh in sprawling urban slums and villages when it refuses to commit to any caps on its carbon emissions.

VOA: standard.2009.11.27

"I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal before this decade is out of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to Earth,"

VOA: standard.2009.07.16

Dispatching more troops would further commit the U.S.

VOA: standard.2009.11.17

The New South Wales Supreme Court heard that the group planned to use bombs or firearms to commit "extreme violence" to punish Australia for its involvement in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.10.17

Clinton acknowledged that the lingering election dispute has been one of the factors delaying a decision by President Barack Obama in his administration's policy review over whether to commit more U.S.troops to Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.10.19

"We watched them and we have interrogated them, we have looked at their computers and the electronic data and the maps that they had and the E-mails have been checked, the mobile details have been received and everything points out to that they were about to commit some serious crime."

VOA: standard.2009.12.11