Sentence examples for firmer stance from inspiring English sources

The public would welcome a firmer stance this time.

Ms. Park shifted to a firmer stance after the nuclear test.

Mr. Corzine has taken a firmer stance on the death penalty than on other social issues.

The Government is set to take a firmer stance against Muslims who fail to oppose Islamist extremism.

If the D.A.'s office were jumping up and down, pushing and screaming to go forward, you might have a judge taking a firmer stance".

Even so, Mr. Pullman did not go far enough for our reviewer, who would have preferred a firmer stance against "boring village quarrels and Bronze Age fables".

"But we have a very firm stance.

In labor negotiations, the governor took a firm stance.

Some restaurants and bars have taken a firm stance.

Taking a firm stance means potentially alienating supporters.

He did not, however, take a firm stance against abortion.