Sentence examples for stance threatened from inspiring English sources

However, by raising questions about the integrity of the election process and by suggesting that criminal activity had been overlooked, the government's stance threatened to further erode what little faith Afghans' have left in their fledgling democratic institutions.

Mr. Boehner's stance threatened to throw Congress back into the debt-limit stalemate that consumed Washington in 2011, but this time at the height of a campaign that Republicans are trying to make a referendum on Mr. Obama's handling of the economy.

Some said they were insulted and angry, others that they were concerned that Trump's stance threatened their chances of finding gainful employment, or even their future in the US.

Mrs. Hasina's stance threatens more political turbulence.

Mr. Lopez believes that Father Powis's critical stance threatens those gains by undermining local morale.

The legal and public-relations team representing Jones has taken an aggressive public stance, threatening to sue if she is barred from the Olympics on any evidence short of a failed drug test.

Besides increasing support for legislation in the Senate seeking to expand American military ties with Taiwan, China's stance threatens to help unravel the administration's effort in Congress to usher it into the World Trade Organization.

Republicans, though controlling only one-third of the process through their majority in the House, appear to have firmly snagged the upper hand in the legislative dynamics, largely because of their unwillingness to sacrifice ground even when their stance threatens both the government's ability to operate and pay its debts, and their own prospects for retaining their jobs.

Fundamentalism's dangerous anti-science stance threatens the world's environment, reduces the efficacy of American education, and leaves citizens unprepared for life in a global economy.

Does your student know that the man's stance threatens that part of your identity, even though you are the good kind of Muslim, you are a friendly Muslim, you are different than the Muslims on TV?

It is now clear, in any case, that Stalin, if not in his public stance, felt threatened by any substantial relaxation and hampered by his inadequately obedient subordinates.