Sentence examples for asserting a commitment to from inspiring English sources

Choosing to write in a minority language is in itself a political act, asserting a commitment to identity and cultural heritage.

The Plaza responded to the lawsuit yesterday with a statement asserting a commitment to diversity, and called some of the allegations unfounded.

To ease specific fears that they would repeat the mistakes of the 1930s when protectionism prolonged the Great Depression, they needed to assert a commitment to open trade.

Heath 30 asserts that a commitment to uncertainty is fundamental to general practice… and Schon 31 has described this operative landscape as a 'swampy lowland' proposing a model which advocates reflective practice as the key to dealing with uncertainty.

The agreement contains several enumerated points asserting a general commitment to the idea that "climate change is one of the greatest challenges of our time" and asserts that "deep cuts" in global emissions were required.

5)—according to which (à la Brandom 1983), in asserting p one undertakes a commitment to either defending p or giving up p if the challenge cannot be met satisfactorily (see Kölbel (2004: 308) for some other discussions of this objection).

Just this week, the newly combined Yoox Net-A-Porter climbed on its first listing on the Milan stock exchange, and LVMH (owner of Louis Vuitton and Moët & Chandon) has asserted a serious commitment to e-commerce.

The American church is compromised by its single-issue martyrdom complex that asserts political moral superiority based on a commitment to "pro-life" politics, while being attached to a Republican party that espouses anti-life policy and rhetoric at every turn.

For decades, leaders of the Republican Party have decried "judicial activism" and championed "judicial restraint". For much of that time, Republican politicians have equated judicial restraint with a commitment to judicial deference, asserting that "activist" judges disrespect the will of popular majorities.

Nonaligned states assert their right to pursue independent policies away from a commitment to any of the existing alliances headed by the superpowers.

If this is right, then incurring a commitment to truth is not sufficient for asserting.