Sentence examples for recent stance from inspiring English sources

"The party's recent stance has harmed them a great deal".

MARIO MONTI, Europe's competition commissioner, is not afraid of controversy witness his tough recent stance on such mergers as EMI-Time Warner and, now, General Electric-Honeywell.

Nick Clegg was happy to oblige as well – no doubt feeling his credentials had been nicely polished by his recent stance on paternity leave.

In his State of the Union address, Mr. Obama emphasized the country's standing in the world, from its role in the Arab Spring to its tougher recent stance toward China.

Still, even those who agree with the bank's recent stance say interest rates cannot remain so high if Brazil's economy is to enter into a period of sustained growth.

The issue is even more charged because Pope Benedict XVI, as Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, in 1986 wrote the document presenting the Vatican's most recent stance condemning homosexuality, which determined that it was "not a sin" but "a more or less strong tendency ordered toward an intrinsic moral evil," and thus "an objective disorder".

His recent stances and speeches have reminded many of Turkey's former hard-line nationalists and military.

Mr. Kerry's explanations for a number of the recent stances Republicans are branding as flip-flops have a common thread.

There are other politicians who have questioned the government's recent negotiating stance, if not the commitment to nuclear development.

Already, America's recent conciliatory stance on Iran, and Iran's aggressive responses, have put us in a stronger diplomatic position.

The recent clear stance that police and the CPS will not defer to famous men should help to disperse that belief from the population at large.