Sentence examples for historic responsibilities from inspiring English sources

Since then the Senate has operated well below its historic responsibilities and expectations.

The Palestinians did not meet their historic responsibilities at the summit either.

Face up to their historic responsibilities and commit to finding the finance and technology that the developing world needs.

That view is firmly rejected by the US and the EU, both of which have agreed to take a lead in cutting emissions, but have also repeatedly pointed out that the tables have turned on historic responsibilities.

He asks Chinese sportsmen and women to remember the "historic responsibilities" on their shoulders and do their best for their country as a positive contribution to the important party congress later this year at which the country's new leadership will be unveiled.

At the UN climate change summit in New York on Tuesday, Javadekar is reported to have said: "The moral principle of historic responsibility [those countries which have historically emitted the most] cannot be washed away".

"Europe faces a historic responsibility".

Germany's historic responsibility is at odds with present-day reality.

He has a historic responsibility over whether this part of central Europe is divided or united.

Bolivia demanded emissions be cut in line with each country's historic responsibility for climate change.

But realistically it feels to me that there was a kind of historic responsibility.