Sentence examples for have been staunch from inspiring English sources

Many Republican senators have been staunch critics of corporate welfare.

Both Mr Karzai and Mr Zardari have been staunch American allies.

Both have right-of-center governments, and both have been staunch allies of the United States.

Poland harbors some lively temperance societies, and they have been staunch missionaries for Coca-Cola.

My parents have been staunch Eurosceptics their whole lives, and are pleased with the result.

Some European countries, such as Sweden, which with Austria and France was elected to the seats reserved for the West, have been staunch in fighting for human rights.

Glenrothes has been staunch Labour territory since 1918, apart from electing a Tory in 1931 and then sending a Communist between 1935 and 1950.Mr Salmond's optimism is not misplaced.

Iran, too, has been staunch in its support of Syria, whose ruling Alawite minority belong to a branch of Shiite Islam, the predominant faith in Iran.

Foster has been staunch in her defence of Gibson ever since the actor's latest travails emerged, even when the public fallout threatened to derail her film.

During this period, a number of influential talk-show hosts, who a year earlier had been staunch supporters of the President, openly criticized him.

"He has been staunch and honest and open, and very able to express his view to the American people," Mr. Carter told the BBC from Ramallah, in the West Bank.