Sentence examples for posture against from inspiring English sources

The man strikes an advantageous posture against a backdrop of sculptures from the Vatican collection.

Most of the candidates (Mr. Paul being the exception) have urged a more aggressive posture against Iran.

"It changes cable's competitive posture against satellite; it makes the services less expensive to provide; and it makes it easier to upgrade the services".

The Bush administration has taken an unusually aggressive posture against Mr. Regan, promising to seek the death penalty if he is convicted.

Reports that the US is leaning towards an even stronger posture against Iran reflects indications that Washington wants to deepen its military presence in the region.

Instead of using a defensive posture against world terrorists, he has taken an offensive one, and wants to take the fight to them.

Such posturing against scrutiny is still ingrained in Brazil's military.

He postures against Jenny Tiramani's brilliant stage design, which is faithful in almost every aspect to the sets and costumes of Shakespeare's time.

"Out of these cases on public transport, eight involved young children who had heard the comments against their mothers, and their mothers said their children had seen them being fearful as perpetrators took aggressive physical postures against them".

The story she tells is ominously similar to that of airport security: a crucial but unglamorous piece of our public infrastructure has been allowed to fray to the point of collapse -- partly because we have relied on the private sector to do the public sector's job, partly because public agencies have been starved of resources by politicians busily posturing against "big government".

Iran, which says it only seeks nuclear reactors for energy and research, has sharply increased its threats and military posturing against stronger pressures, including the US sanctions targeting Iran's Central Bank in attempts to complicate its ability to sell oil.