Sentence examples for represent a historic from inspiring English sources

If Mr. Morsi goes through with the plan, it would represent a historic role reversal.

For all the talk of American greatness, Trump's actions regarding climate change represent a historic abdication of leadership.

Old barns obsolescent for agriculture still represent a historic and scenic resource with economic value for tourism.

Any agreement would represent a historic breakthrough after a decade of diplomatic sparring marked by paralysis and distrust.

It would represent a historic compromise after a 12-year standoff that has at times threatened to provoke a new conflict in the Middle East.

This would represent a historic shift in emphasis for the federal and state governments, reducing poor people's energy bills instead of helping to pay them.

Taken together, these steps represent an historic recognition on behalf of the American people and their government.

But yielding to Iraq this time would make the outcome of the next encounter a foregone conclusion and represent an historic defeat for the United Nations.

A fuller recovery, by contrast, might embolden voters to return to Labour's more open-handed embrace.Even so, the Tories could lose the 2015 election and that would represent an historic shift.

Taken together, these investments represent an historic increase in our commitment to America's veterans a 15% increase over last year's funding levels and the largest increase in the VA budget in more than 30 years.

William Greider of The Nation writes: "If Wall Street gets away with this, it will represent an historic swindle of the American public — all sugar for the villains, lasting pain and damage for the victims".