Sentence examples for concrete gestures from inspiring English sources

BUT she is still waiting for the Iranians to respond to that speech with concrete gestures.

But for all the good feelings toward New Orleans, and the concrete gestures of solidarity, I do not think that there was identification; America was not saying, "We are all New Orleanians now".

Before meeting the Iranian president Hassan Rouhani at the UN, Hollande said he expected "concrete gestures" by Iran to show it would give up its military nuclear programme, "even if it clearly has the right to pursue its civilian programme".

U.S.-PAKISTANI RELATIONS -- President Pervez Musharraf said he would ask President Bush for concrete "gestures" in response to Pakistan's strong support in the war on terror, including the release of American F-16 fighters withheld because of Pakistan's development of nuclear weapons.

In an interview with The New York Times, General Musharraf, who is in New York for the United Nations General Assembly, said he would be asking President Bush at their meeting on Saturday for concrete "gestures" in response to Pakistan's strong support in the campaign against terrorism.

The French Foreign Minister, Alain Juppe, said Iran needed "to make urgent and concrete gestures to establish confidence" in the next round of talks.

Mr Sipila is the first European leader to make such a concrete gesture, giving a date and specifying a location for when refugees can start moving in.

On his first trip to the kingdom, Obama tried to convince King Abdullah to make a concrete gesture to help revive the peace process.

Signing off on the project would be a concrete gesture of good will that could not be measured in political platitudes.

The government statement said that "careful thought" had been given to the matter and that India "remains ready to respond to the urgent needs of the Iraqi people for stability, security, political progress and economic reconstruction," adding that India was planning with Jordan to set up a hospital in Najaf as a "concrete gesture of our support to the Iraqi people".

South Carolina governor Nikki Haley on Monday called for a Confederate battle flag that has flown on the statehouse grounds for more than 50 years to be removed, in an abrupt about-face as local protesters and national advocates brought intense pressure to bear on the state to make a concrete gesture of healing after the killing of nine African Americans last week inside a Charleston church.