Both men turned down the request because of previous commitments.

His explanation was that he had a previous commitment in Cleveland.

Washington is now simply trying to insure that Israel lives up to its previous commitments.

But, she said, previous commitments would preclude her doing the show here until at least next fall.

I mumbled something about a previous commitment and ducked inside.

"My husband accepted a previous commitment without telling me."

Hansen had made a previous commitment for the day.

Aides to both men said they had been notified too late to escape previous commitments.

It is the Israeli Government which has gone back on its previous commitments.

Assessing the progress and implementation gaps in meeting previous commitments.

So, in those areas we run the risk of failing to fully deliver on our promises and previous commitments.

"Such little regard for honoring previous commitments is really disheartening."

Though he had long been struggling with health problems, the given reason for his absence was a previous commitment to another Harrison festival.

They have a previous commitment, and Meusborn knows it.

Hughes was eliminated after not showing up for judgement on his third video due to a previous commitment.

Yahoo had a backlog of $117 million in previous commitments for this quarter.

The lender will ask for a bank reference and check that you were able to keep up payments on your previous commitments.

Countries need to ensure that they can follow through with previous commitments on agreements by implementing actions at home.

Jason Coleman was absent from the auction due to previous commitments.

The Admirals usual public address announcer was not present the night of the game do to previous commitments.

They said he kept up the pyramid scheme by meeting previous commitments with the new money he received.

During that time, several conventions were bumped because of previous commitments and conflicting dates.

The pair had met each other eight years previously and had "worked together ever since whenever our previous commitments allowed us time".

She felt that the letter's wording was "inappropriate" and did not attend, citing a previous commitment.

First he invited me to join his study group, which I turned down because I had a previous commitment.