Sentence examples for more assertive attitude from inspiring English sources

Such phrases as "my car," "my home," and "my leisure" further underscore the growing emphasis on the individual and individual choice and on the more assertive attitude of the ordinary Japanese.

But the more assertive attitude and younger tone for the campaign represent a sea change — or, in this instance, maybe a land change is a more accurate way to put it.

His return to the Finance Ministry on the last day of July – he had previously served as finance minister from 2004 to 2008 – coincided with a new, more assertive attitude by a government that had been criticized for drift and ineffectiveness.

But the disclosure about the movement of the money, when added to the fact that lawmakers got no advance warning of the scope of the prison abuse before it exploded into the news, seems to have stirred a more assertive attitude in some.

Mr. Galbraith favored a more assertive posture.

At UCS, Rosenberg advocates a somewhat more assertive posture.

What troubles me more is the aggressive, belligerently assertive attitude of the umpires, goaded by their contemptible union a union that seeks to make the umpires as visible and important as the players themselves and the ludicrously extravagant amount of time it now takes to play a nine-inning game, which has increased from a little over two hours in my youth to nearly three in 1998.

While China has thus far emphasised a cooperative attitude in Arctic affairs, it might become more assertive in the governance of the region in response to confrontation with US in other parts of the world.

China has risen rapidly in the last three decades, allowing the country to be more influential in global affairs, but China has also become more assertive in regional conflicts as can be seen in her attitudes towards the South China Sea territorial dispute.

While Mr. Diamond may come across as more assertive than most on the City's stage, his habits and attitudes pale in comparison with major figures on the other side of the Atlantic.

Some E.U. governments are relaxed about Germany's attitude, even relieved, because they believe that a stronger and more assertive Germany would throw its weight around too much.