Sentence examples for a confrontational style from inspiring English sources

A confrontational style like his can wear thin over time.

"He does not have a confrontational style and any changes in direction will not be radical, but he will gradually be tuning in to some demands for change.

Kirchner possessed a confrontational style that drove him to thunderous clashes with opposition politicians, media critics and conservative farmers, who resented increased taxes on their products.

By then Adams had shown himself an unnatural diplomat, exhibiting a level of candour and a confrontational style toward both English and French negotiators that alienated Franklin, who came to regard his colleague as slightly deranged.

He lives in Prospect Heights with his wife, Kennisandra, and two sons, Jeremiah, 10, and Joshua, 8. "Charles Barron has adopted a confrontational style," he said in an interview.

Ms. McKinney, a 47-year-old educator-turned-politician with a liberal voting record and a confrontational style, is known in Congress for statements that border on the outrageous.

Building the railway probably doesn't signal a shift to a more confrontational style for the erstwhile governor, but it shows that Brown's leadership qualities, tested over time, afford him options that any negotiator can learn from.

Mr. Rouhani has promised a less confrontational style than Mr. Ahmadinejad, a conservative whose eight years in office were marked by fewer personal freedoms, more economic problems, fraud accusations and violent protests over his re-election in 2009, and Iran's increased isolation over its disputed nuclear energy program.

25 The theoretical base and mechanism of action of behaviour change counselling was strongly linked to research on the process of motivational interviewing, 55 where it has been confirmed in a number of studies that a less confrontational style is more likely to evoke "change talk," which in turn predicts a better outcome.

His replacement by the relatively unknown Nicky Morgan - seen as having a less confrontational style - may be an attempt to calm things down, said the BBC's Norman Smith.

After a committee of MPs told him he should adopt a less confrontational style, he replied: "I am paid to challenge mediocrity, failure and complacency".