Sentence examples for from past statements from inspiring English sources

He said emphatically that he would not endorse torture, a reversal from past statements.

Israel said that was a shift from past statements by the quartet, which it understood to call on the two sides to present their proposals to each other.

In a sharp departure from past statements that the F.B.I. had no information that might have enabled it to thwart the Sept. 11 hijacking plot, Mr. Mueller said, "I cannot say for sure that there wasn't a possibility we could have come across some lead that would have led us to the hijackers".

As a government official working on North Korea, I spent hours working with analysts poring over North Korean statements to understand Pyongyang's thinking — whether and how it differs from past statements — and cutting through the bluster to identify the core point it was communicating.

Has that ever absolved any other politician from past statements?

Jackson's selection seems to complicate that, even more so that he won't back down from past statements.

The nominee may also face criticism from Republicans for past statements supporting immigration reform and criticizing the idea that investing in infrastructure improvements can lead to long-term economic growth.

When asked about the intelligence report at a news conference here, he did not back down from his past statements.

On the campaign trail, he was adamantly opposed to new gun-control laws — a departure from his past statements supporting, among other things, a ban on assault weapons.

Judging from her past statements, Manning's brand could be one of "unapologetic progressivism, no compromise, take no prisoners," he said.

Republicans, who have been condemning Iran in the campaign, reacted more tentatively to the report, without backing away from their past statements about Tehran, including talk of military strikes and "bombardments".