Sentence examples for the former stance from inspiring English sources

The former stance risks tipping the balance against those with less evident obligations, such as jockeys.

The former stance, to its critics, is arrogant; the latter is misanthropic.

Hannity has taken the former stance, which Graham said on Tuesday was untenable.

Advice on painkillers adopting the former stance is a biomedically centred model of education and the latter a patient centred one [ 13].

Earlier that year, contrary to his former stance, he had supported the Anglo-Italian agreement to recognise the conquest of Abyssinia, because he believed that "an increase of appeasement" was necessary to avoid the threat of war.

Being female does not make you representative of my views, and while I will reserve judgement on Morgan and Truss in their new roles, I certainly do not agree, for example, with the former's stance opposing equal marriage.

Mr Hollande must presumably believe in his loyalty to the new team; he may judge that his former stance was driven by opportunism rather than conviction.

Now they seem to be returning to their former stance, promoting standards over structures.

Their former stance on gay leaders & members was bad enough.

Even Bernice King, in a recent MLK, Jr. unity rally seems to have softened her former stance.

Huff, the former state Senate Republican leader, has carved out a stance to the right of the others. .