Sentence examples for it is firmness from inspiring English sources

"For him [President Hollande], it is firmness, notably that exercised by France, which will make the resolution of the crisis by the UN a realistic prospect," writes Alain Barluet in Le Figaro.

His social-policy mantra is "firmness but fairness": acting tough on security while being fair towards minorities.

"In this century we learned through harsh experience that the only answer to aggression and illegal behavior is firmness, determination and, when necessary, action," Clinton said.

"Only by understanding the strategy paradox's root cause", he says, "can we build strategies that succeed deliberately, rather than only when fortune smiles upon us".Much of the discussion about strategy today revolves around an age-old dilemma (yes indeed, for such it is) between firmness and flexibility.

Labour needs to use some form of income assessment as one of its tools if it is to seek firmness.

Traits assessed were: firmness, acidity, sweetness, juiciness and crispness.

There's fairness, there's firmness in implementing the rules and then caring.

One component was firmness -- telling Iraq and the world "this will not stand", he rallied Arab states who were fearful of Saddam and uncertain of American resolve.

Our mistake has been to distinguish the Mitylenians as we have done: had they been long ago treated like the rest, they never would have so far forgotten themselves, human nature being as surely made arrogant by consideration as it is awed by firmness.

If there was a slightly unpleasant surprise for the French at this week's meeting, it was the firmness with which Rudolf Scharping, the German defence minister, reaffirmed the primacy of the American connection.

Chilling the meat helps it to maintain its shape and firmness as it is pounded.