Sentence examples for a more assertive line from inspiring English sources

But leaders of the largest economy in Europe, and therefore the biggest contributor to the Union, began to take a more assertive line more than a decade ago when Chancellor Helmut Kohl was replaced by Gerhard Schröder, a politician from a younger generation.

Britain will also be at the front of the queue if she chooses to take a more assertive line with Putin.

After a shaky start, the US took a more assertive line to halt the bloodshed in the former Yugoslavia, eventually brokering the 1995 Dayton Accords that ended the Bosnian war.

You have to decide whether you can keep your more assertive line going for more than a page or two.

But in choosing the more assertive line you have to bear in mind the length of the poem.

"Beijing's excessive reaction fits into the story line of a more assertive China, and this gathering image is inimical to Beijing's basically successful foreign policy strategy of the last three decades," said David M. Lampton, director of China studies and a professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies.

The statements confronted American officials with the possibility that Mr. Assad had crossed what President Obama has called a "red line" that could prompt a more assertive American intervention.

More sophisticated analysis of the language of customer interactions suggests that once they've shown they're listening, front-line employees should quickly shift gears towards language that signals a more assertive, "take charge" attitude.

Mr. Galbraith favored a more assertive posture.

That Lopez has become a more assertive shot blocker?

It has freer media and a more assertive citizenry.