In this view, Mr Zhou has been too staunch an advocate for market reform such as interest-rate liberalisation, and the recent growth slowdown has given his opponents leverage to topple him.
You may be too centrist for a staunch, right-wing republican.
Even some of Kansas' staunchest Republicans have found some of these measures to be too far to the right.
For the staunch secularists in power that was too much.
House Democrats are still incredulous that Tuesday's congressional special election in a staunch Republican district in Ohio is too close to call.
Her words alarmed investor advocates, including some of Ms. White's staunchest supporters, while others noted that it was too soon to read much into her stance.
Even his staunchest supporters often admitted that he had been too soft — they believed that he should have been more decisive in neutralizing his enemies.
In an interview with The Independent, the Labour peer Lord Alli, a staunch supporter of the Bill, warned that tomorrow's vote was "too close to call" and that it could trigger a crisis for the Government should the Bill fail.
Maher has been a staunch critic of PC culture in the past and, again, called out liberals for being too sensitive about being politically correct.
The difficulty of Flying While Muslim is something I've encountered, too – despite being a staunch atheist, albeit one with a very Muslim name.
