Sentence examples for stance shown from inspiring English sources

In Riyadh King Abdullah, who pushed intensively for the hardline stance shown this week by Bahrain's leaders, pledged reforms in his kingdom as well as billions of dollars in grants to citizens.

The Tories' "do nothing" stance showed they were unfit to govern, he said.

But that stance showed personality, a willingness to defy convention — and it worked.

Monroe's Technicolor, modernist stance shows us just how far Bernhardt's artistic progeny go to be seen and heard.

She said the university's stance "shows the wider picture; the repression of the protest shows why the protest is so important".

Montebourg's stance shows the French left is joining politicians on the right in pushing for a renegotiation of the border deal.

Labour MPs will still have a free vote on the proposals, but Gordon Brown's stance shows that the message that people are deeply unhappy at the Westminster pay and expenses culture has got through to the prime minister.

With President Chen having recently replaced Taiwan's top judges, Mr. Lien's stance showed a willingness to accept democratic values at the possible cost of losing the chance to overturn the election result.

Jeffery appears to have acted alone, and has no connection to 40 Days for Life; yet his extreme stance shows how much he has in common with the organised elements of the anti-choice movement.

Alex Herrera, technical services director of the New York Landmarks Conservancy, said that the National Guard's stance showed "complete disrespect for Brooklyn and for the naval and military history on the site".

At first Mr. Bloomberg said he would do everything he could to persuade minority parents "that just more of the same is not in their children's interest," but he later added that their stance showed "fundamentally that they don't understand how poor a job is being done and how their children, unfortunately, are being condemned to a life of not participating in the great American dream".