Sentence examples for guarded stance from inspiring English sources

"I think the senior leadership of the United States is quite intent on building a good, solid relationship with the People's Republic of China," Mr. Armitage told reporters, brushing aside the hawkish, guarded stance of some in Congress and inside the administration.

But will the survey in March show businesses in a more guarded stance?

Start in a comfortable guarding stance or walking stance.

Tank is an impressive singer, sometimes outstanding, but here his old-guard stance was as important as his voice.

Every day before dinner that summer, he put a helmet on my head, dragged me into the backyard, put me in the proper three-point guard stance and had me charge on his count into his bare, upward-flailing forearm.

Step down into a Guarding stance.

"You wanna ref?" Homer asked Jeff Spear, another fencer on Team U.S.A. Weller and Homer put on their chainmail face masks, pointed their sabres at each other, and crouched in on-guard stances.

The Bush administration has been guarded in its stance; while Ms. Norton has opposed provisions of the act in the past, she promised at her confirmation hearings to uphold the law as it stands, and said it would be up to Congress to propose any revisions.

"We're going to win this game," Weatherspoon said she told herself as she crouched in her stance, guarding the Sparks rookie Nikki Teasley near the 3-point line.

When examining his time at Fordham, where he was one of the Seven Blocks of Granite, HBO discovered close-ups of him in his guard's stance, smiling, wearing a leather helmet.

But it also operates out of a heavily guarded headquarters north of Lahore and has gained followers for its stance on ousting rival India from the disputed territory of Kashmir.