Sentence examples for to show firmness from inspiring English sources

Yet the government knows it needs to show firmness on law and order, without in any way stepping into the shoes of the old regime.

Some residents booed him, while three police unions called on the government to show firmness and determination in response to the violence and the attacks on police officers.

"The goal is to show firmness while keeping a dialogue open," France's Laurent Fabius said, adding that they wanted Russia to address "fundamental questions" at the meeting.

Under pressure to show firmness against the insurgency that still dominates parts of the north, Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki pledged last week to begin a "decisive" battle against militants in Mosul.

When he had initially learned that the meeting was scheduled for 2 August he had written to the Home Office stating that he hoped the Manchester magistrates would show firmness on the day: The revised meeting date of 16 August, however, coincided with the horse races at York, a fashionable event at which Byng had entries in two races.

An optimistic scenario for both sides would be that the recent barrage of criticism of the Dalai Lama is intended to show Beijing's strength and firmness, as a prelude to improving relations.

For orchestras visiting New York standard operating procedure is to bring a program of blockbusters meant to show off the players' power and agility, and the firmness of the conductor's control.

This treatment resulted in significant improvement of skin firmness, wrinkles and hydration although it failed to show a significant decrease in the cutaneous content of AGEs.

All varieties, although to different extent, showed lower pasta firmness values compared to the ambient condition.

This difference shows the firmness of apple varieties and different tissue responses to external loads and forces accordingly.

On Kosovo his government has shown a firmness of purpose and a closely co-ordinated response few had expected.