"reserved stance" is a valid construction in written English.
It is often used to describe someone's attitude or posture, particularly in interpersonal interactions. Example: The politician took a reserved stance during the press conference, carefully choosing her words and maintaining a neutral facial expression.
By using the space differently they subsequently also appear to adopt a different, more reserved stance towards the task.
At these moments, she wrote, she tried to remind herself of all the things she could do to feel happy: "demand respect from others"; "be physically attractive"; "take a reserved stance"; "live in harmony with nature".
Zhang's reserved stance on exporting is fresh talk in China.
Many brands will adopt a more reserved stance in order to avoid getting sucked in to a political situation that has the potential to get out of control fairly quickly.
Plenty of massively popular titles have witnessed griefing but still the players come, and the money rolls in, which is why Rockstar is likely to take a pretty reserved stance on the "rape" mods.
Gay rights campaigners lauded the president's stance, and reserved particular praise for the role of vice-president Joe Biden in bouncing the White House into Wednesday's announcement.
So why then are prominent left-leaning celebrities choosing to take the kind of stance usually reserved for far-right conspiracy theorists?
As Kazakh officials became more confident in the country's reserves, their stance hardened, Mr. Ruseckas said.
They did not set any new terms Sunday, but reserved the right to toughen their stance upon review.
This stance she contrasts with that of Breton, who was more reserved in his attitudes.
Other stances have changed: the Bush administration is markedly more reserved on the question of Russian use of force in Chechnya despite previous American concerns that civilians were being hurt by indiscriminate Russian attacks.
