Sentence examples for inconsistent stances from inspiring English sources

In spite of her inconsistent stances, Feinstein has done a commendable job of fighting for greater transparency concerning the C.I.A. torture program under the George W. Bush Administration.

Observers, trying to make sense of his inconsistent stances on abortion, gay marriage and the like, often assume that he is simply feigning abhorrence of them to curry favour with religious voters.

The party's inconsistent stance towards the war in eastern Ukraine is one of the reasons for its current crisis.

He succeeded in neither with the biggest day of the year marred by an on-field unpunished sucker punch from Ipswich Jet Billy McConnachie, while the judiciary's inconsistent stance on punishing so-called shoulder charge offenders has left fans and players frustrated and confused.

Mitt Romney has been criticized for his inconsistent stance on contraception.

Both women beat more conservative candidates while adopting anti-immigration stances inconsistent with their past positions.

The results reveal that, although national guidance favours their judicious and flexible use for positive land use planning, local authority implementation is characterised by inconsistent and protectionist stances.

Mr. Loeser said that the mayor's efforts were not inconsistent with his stance as an independent politician.

The World Olympians Association, the umbrella group that represents national associations of former Olympians, called the IPC stance "inconsistent and unfair" and said global responsibility could not be achieved without examining all individual cases.

He sees nothing inconsistent with that stance and his devotion to conservative legal causes: The same antipathy toward government discrimination, he said, inspired him to take up another cause that many on the right applauded — a lengthy campaign to dismantle affirmative action programs.

Rae Downes Koshetz, who served as the department's deputy commissioner of trials for 14 years, until 2002, stopped short of accusing the department of being inconsistent in its stance against officers but conceded that such matters were "decided on a case-by-case basis".