Sentences with phrase «rhetorical commitment»

There are skeptics who believe Mr. Obama will be severely limited in what he can deliver despite his rhetorical commitment.

Roger Slee (2002) suggested that, although there is a «rhetorical commitment» to the concept of inclusive schooling, the devil is in the details.

The steep cuts to welfare payments — including withdrawing disability benefits after a year and the reforms to housing benefit — are in direct contradiction of the government's rhetorical commitment to fairness.

Duke Energy has distinguished itself from other polluters with rhetorical commitments to tackling global warming and implementing clean energy, but stops short of meaningful action.

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My rhetorical question (remember — the one you answered) was meant to guide you PAST the simple definition to grasping the concept being addressed — the claim of incompatibility after a commitment.

Of course those renewed Chinese commitments are, at this point, just rhetorical, too.

The bland, repetitive, and often formulaic cadences of legal writing in general, and judicial writing in particular, can be explained in large part by a commitment to the neutral and consistent application of the law... [T] he effort to demonstrate that similar cases are being treated alike often finds its rhetorical manifestation in a penchant for analyses that have a déja lu quality — usually because the words have been read before.

Law firms blow a lot of rhetorical hot air affirming their commitment to achieving gender diversity in the workplace.

Human rights require more than a rhetorical acknowledgement of the existence of inequality and general commitments to overcome this situation at some unspecified time in the future.