Sentence examples for standpoint against from inspiring English sources

Scotus develops his own standpoint against the authorities of Avicenna, Averroes and Henry of Ghent.

"They're taking a moral, ideological standpoint against prostitution and we're saying that's not good enough.

In short, it shows a public FPS that manages to take a standpoint against violence.

A better option from a risk mitigation standpoint is to borrow against the policy.

"You look around, and from a pure talent standpoint, we match up against easily anybody," Bay said.

The problem, from Mr. Paulson's standpoint, was that insuring against mortgage defaults would do little to increase liquidity, or the amount of money available for making loans.

If self-deprecation isn't your strong suit, there is a simple strategy to deflate those biases: pick the exact opposite standpoint, and start arguing against your convictions.

Although the concept of a cancer "stem cell" is still controversial, from a therapeutic standpoint, anticancer agents directed against tumorigenic cancer cells may be the most effective at eradicating tumors.

"So one of the main benefits from the company's standpoint is to eliminate claims against the company," said Jean Sternlight, a law professor at the University of Nevada Las Vegas, who studies arbitration.

Not from a moral standpoint but because I am totally against getting your kicks vicariously.

"From a standpoint of being able to defend against an external threat, they have very limited to little capability, quite frankly," Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III, the departing American commander in Iraq, said in an interview after the ceremony.