Sentence examples for stronger line with from inspiring English sources

On Monday, Mr. Kerry and other Obama administration officials took a stronger line with the Russians.

But the government said it was clear it needed to take a stronger line with banks after it was revealed that they were preparing to pay massive bonuses.

It calls on the government to "take a stronger line with football authorities," saying it should "urgently" prepare a draft bill and be prepared to legislate to effect these changes, after years of slow progress on supporter involvement.

In the US Barack Obama has called for a five-year windfall tax on oil companies and Norway has also taken a much stronger line with energy companies and built up a £100bn fund, ear-marked for future generations, by taxing their North Sea oil and gas operations.

Professor Jane Dacre, president of the Royal College of Physicians, agreed with the findings and called for the government to take a much stronger line with the food and drinks industries, introducing minimum unit pricing that makes the strongest alcoholic drinks the most expensive.

'EXACTLY THE RIGHT TONot Not all progressives agree that MSNBC needs to take a stronger line with the Democratic Party.

Occasionally reef sharks are specifically targeted using stronger lines with wire leaders (Anderson and Ahmed, 1993).

The UK government may be at risk of scoring an own goal as it pursues a strong line with suppliers such as Serco and G4S.

Ireland's prime minister, Enda Kenny, has taken a strong line with the country's police watchdog after it was revealed that the body accessed journalists' phone records.

"This could force Xi to take a strong line with Panetta," said a Chinese academic who asked not to be identified because of the issue's sensitivity.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch moved its rating from underperform to neutral: Presumably, Standard Chartered would not take such a strong line with its regulator, unless it was very sure of its position.