Sentence examples for historical pledge from inspiring English sources

It is time for the United States to live up to its historical pledge by taking action against Ethiopia, whose reckless government has, since 2005, been the world's star backslider on democracy.

"Nobody in the government agrees with this agreement but we have signed it and have made a historical pledge to implement it," said the French-trained philosopher who played a pivotal role in drawing up the ruling Syriza's party's founding programme.

After the attacks on New York and Washington on September 11 , 2001 President Musharraf repudiated these historical policies and pledged to destroy any Islamist groups in Pakistan that persisted in violence.

Like the political conventions that have enlivened the summer weeks, this one laid claim to great historical accomplishments and pledged further achievements.

Binet decries the artificiality and contrivance of most of the invented dialogue in historical fiction, and pledges, "If my dialogues can't be based on precise, faithful, word-perfect sources, they will be invented".

In Chicago, 32 major commercial buildings, including landmark historical buildings, have pledged to reduce their energy use by 20percentt.

The Metropolitan Police has pledged to investigate historical crimes by establishment figures "without fear of favour".

Still, depending on the circumstances (particularly if those circumstances involve the superdelegates overriding the popular vote or the choice of the pledged delegates), the historical comparisons might not hold up.

That Chevron would recognize its historical wrongs, pay the fine, and pledge to repair the damages that it caused.

By saying in his Washington speech that "we are ashamed it has been 10 years" and pledging to "find the historical truth," Mr. Kirchner, they argue, has signaled that his attitude differs sharply from that of his predecessors.

On February 10, Turkish PM Ahmet Davutoglu pledged to return a "historical debt" to Turkey's "Aleppo brothers".