Sentence examples for stance possible from inspiring English sources

But he warned that hearings, if conducted in a confrontational manner, might push the administration into defending the hardest stance possible to avoid appearing weak.

He is not a particularly good listener, and he aims to win every argument, preferably by taking the most contrarian stance possible, like arguing that language evolved not for communication but for internal thought.

The old Poles remains defiantly proud of their pessimism, which they genuinely consider the only "realistic" stance possible in contrast with the naive optimism of some of their countrymen who have forgotten the past.

To do this, take the widest stance possible, then squat as low as you can.

Much like the Tea Partiers, the primary for the Evangelical Republican voters will be more dangerous for all other Republicans in the race, because these two groups will be the ones trying to outdo each other by staking out the most extreme and unforgiving political stances possible (on gay marriage, for instance) -- and, by doing so, force the rest of the field further right.

The authority recently started to take a tougher stance on possible market abuse, Mr. Sants said, fining Credit Suisse $10.6 million last week for failing to supervise some traders properly.

The natural inclination, whether you were a columnist, a tweeter or a water cooler bore, was to take as strident a stance as possible.

The heads of the 22 Royal Colleges are due to meet shortly before the ballot closes, to discuss their stance on possible strike action.

In India, a cabinet minister recently suggested that all 40,000 Rohingya refugees in the country were there illegally, and the Supreme Court in Delhi has sought clarification from the government on its stance on possible deportations.

Mr. Rother said the group's stance on possible cuts, which was first reported in The Wall Street Journal in Friday's editions, should be seen less as a major change in position than as a reflection of the political and financial realities facing the Social Security system and the country as a whole.

The Academy of Sciences panel also cautioned that any assessment agency "must adopt as neutral a stance as possible". It should not be given, like the Atomic Energy Commission or the Federal Aviation Adminis tration, the responsibility for promoting or regulating any particular technology, the panel said.