Sentence examples for taking a strong position from inspiring English sources

Taking a strong position against the sultan could cost votes in the May national elections.

Taking a strong position was never an option, Ms. Janows said.

Taking a strong position on the educational question that was then agitating Ireland, Cullen played a leading part in the national movement of 1850 52.

Mr. Gore has been criticized in Florida by environmental groups -- traditional allies of his -- for not taking a strong position on the proposed airport.

And while the filmmakers may believe that by not taking a strong position, they're giving viewers room to make up their own minds, they would need to dig harder to inspire that kind of engagement.

Few politicians go far without knowing how to sidestep a tough question, put off a painful decision with a blue-ribbon panel or avoid taking a strong position until the winds of popular opinion blow one way or another.

He also criticized the Sierra Club leadership for not taking a stronger position against increased immigration into the United States, which in 1998 was the subject of a divisive internal debate over club policy.

Some are content to be purely descriptive about this, while others, taking a stronger position against X, argue that we should construct our categories differently and do away with X, or at least view the category of X with some suspicion and recognize its contingency.

Putin wanted to show his contempt for his Western adversaries, he said, but "just by mouthing off, he's hastening the process of NATO taking a stronger position on Russia".

We will rise up and take a strong position".

"He takes a strong position for people to shoot at," said one senior official.