While Mr. Fire seems confrontational against G.E., he can take a cooperative tack.
Abroad, Mr Chirac continues to tout his vision of a multi-polar world, in which European power balances America's, in ways that seem confrontational, rather than constructive.
"It seems confrontational, and really, needless".
It may not seem confrontational, but trust me, this is as confrontational as my in-laws get.
So, gently so as to not seem confrontational, tell the seller's agent to "get a C.L.U.E".
Yet it was very hard for me to speak up, even politely, because as a student, I felt I had no authority -- and didn't want to seem confrontational to senior physicians who would be writing my evaluations.
This puts you in a position to be honest with your boss without seeming confrontational.
It can seem confrontational and mean, since it involves lots of crude disses, so go check some out before you decide to sign up.
This year, the golf balls were back, but the tone for the meeting, 360.00 Summit, seemed less confrontational, perhaps in response to the growing public frustration with quality of life issues.
At the same time, his recent work has seemed less confrontational in tone, not just with Atoms for Peace but also in the Buddhist inflections of the last Radiohead album, King of Limbs, which memorably featured Yorke doing a kind of manic tai chi dance in the video of his song Lotus Flower.
