Such examples of ineffectual commitments on the part of the food industry abound.

这种让食品厂商给出允诺最后却不见成效的例子比比皆是。

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The accord provided a way for countries to make public, if non-binding, commitments on climate change.

此次协议给很多国家提供了可以许下对气候变化公共的，无约束性的承诺。

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Blackstone closed its first fund and locked in investor commitments on October 15th 1987-just days before Black Monday.

1987年10月15日，黑石集团关闭了公司的首支基金，并锁定了投资者的委托资金——这仅发生在黑色星期一的前几天。

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The leaders are expected to discuss a number of key issues, including European commitments on fighting climate change, ahead of a December climate change summit in Copenhagen.

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The United States and India have disagreed on their commitments to reducing greenhouse gases, with the climate change summit taking place in Copenhagen, Denmark next month.

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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.

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Lord Adonis said operators would be expected to honour their existing commitments on services "in full".

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The developing-country change comes mostly from the growth and firming up of the commitments on deforestation made by Indonesia and Brazil.

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So why do banks make these commitments on such a massive scale?

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