The phrase "adopt a different stance" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing a change in perspective or approach to a particular issue or situation.
Example: "In light of the new evidence presented, we may need to adopt a different stance on the matter."
Alternatives: "take a different position" or "assume a new viewpoint".
Sales said: "Correct - we cannot compel Saudi Arabia to adopt a different stance".
Prince Alwaleed bin Talal bin Abdul Aziz Alsaud (No. 6 on Forbes's list of the world's richest people) believes that the attack on the World Trade Center should prompt the United States to "re-examine its policies in the Middle East" and adopt a different stance toward the Palestinian cause.
In this section, we survey a group of theories that adopt a different stance on word meaning.
The issues of integration and immigration remain the most debated issues among the political parties, and on Sunday, the family affairs minister, Kristina Schröder, adopted a different stance.
Couturier exposes flaws and an element of self-deception in these arguments and in the obiter dicta on the subject that Nabokov uttered subsequently, and wishes he had adopted a different stance: No matter how hard he tried to find an appropriate line of defence for his novel, he refused to admit that this novel, eminently poetic to be sure, was still highly erotic.
This paper adopts a different stance in its focus on the role of managers, who themselves often work long hours, in WLB policies and practices.
Russia, for its part, is comfortable with any form of Sunni political Islam falling from power, while its ally Iran adopts a different stance, in reflection of a fundamental principle, namely to endorse the rise of political Islam to power - exactly as took place in Iran more than 34 years ago.
By using the space differently they subsequently also appear to adopt a different, more reserved stance towards the task.
