Sentence examples for moderate stood from inspiring English sources

For the first time inside the government, one moderate stood up and called out the dog whistle.

But in a region where extremists tend to go all the way and moderates tend to just go away, seeing moderates stand their ground and win somewhere — with ballots, not bullets, no less — well, that's worth applauding.

It also means that if things get worse under the Democrats, and Republicans come to power, then even fewer moderates stand in the way of Rush Limbaugh's agenda.

Republican moderates stand the best chance of holding Mr. Helms's seat for the G.O.P. in a year when the shift of just one or two seats could determine which party controls the Senate.

They hold moderate stands on issues.

Both candidates are racing to the center by highlighting their more moderate stands.

John McCain, thanks to his moderate stand on immigration, had alienated much of the Republican Party's base.

And some of the most prominent candidates of this cycle have abandoned past moderate stands in order to "check the boxes" of conservative orthodoxy leading up to 2012.

"All through the years we heard of the moderate stand taken by Shas because Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, their leader, he puts foremost the saving of lives -- that saving lives is more important than territories," said Ran Cohen, the former trade minister.

He is trying to get people to focus on his plan for a middle-class tax cut, his alternative energy plan, his moderate stand on social issues, like his support of abortion rights.

While the organization has objected to Mrs. Roukema's moderate stands on welfare reform and tax issues, it has not criticized her for supporting abortion rights; it takes no position on social issues.