Sentence examples for stances given from inspiring English sources

Still, we did everything we could to nail down their stances given (the now former) Attorney General Jeff Sessions's saber-rattling about a possible crackdown with the rescission of the so-called "Cole Memo" that discouraged federal prosecution in legal-weed states under the Obama administration.

The musicians' wide-legged stances give them the interesting look of martial-arts warriors.

That might seem a preposterous stance, given the government guarantee on conforming loans.

Or lack of stance, given how vocal he was about defending libraries while in opposition.

It was a paradoxical stance, given that power is concentrated in the hands of his own family.

And the Bank of England looks more comfortable in its steady stance given the British economic slowdown evident in recent data.

"I think it's a strange stance given everything that's happened the last few days," he said.

This may seem an odd stance, given that some of the most feted icons in cinema history have been actors/directors: Charlie Chaplin, Orson Welles, Woody Allen.

"Most investors are taking a wait-and-see stance, given the sluggish trading volume," said Castor Pang, a strategist at Sun Hung Kai Financial.

Both presidential candidates, Senator John McCain of Arizona and Senator Barack Obama of Illinois, have voiced support for the loan guarantees — an unsurprising stance given the critical importance of the main auto-producing states, Michigan and Ohio, to the electoral map this fall.

It is a surprising stance given his past treatment of the 28-year-old and now a necessity because of Lucas's influence on Liverpool's recovery from the malaise that had enveloped the club and manager merely seven weeks ago.