31.   His immediate predecessor, Robert M. Gates, made similar pledges but had little more than a year to carry them out.

32.   I make this pledge.

33.   In a weak moment, I made a pledge to volunteers with the Nacogdoches County Chamber of Commerce, which held a membership drive last week.

34.   In making this pledge, both leaders were reaffirming the commitment of their predecessors to reach this goal.

35.   In each Choosing the Best program, students are encouraged to make a pledge by the sixth session, but are not required to.

36.   In which case we had made a pledge.

37.   Issel continued to maintain that no such pledge had been made.

38.   Is it not inevitable that parochial pledges are made to local interests in the intensely courted states?

39.   Juppe made the pledge in early December, as he was grappling with a massive strike by railroad and other public sector workers.

40.   Let me also make another pledge.