Sentence examples for took this stance from inspiring English sources

"We took this stance from the very beginning, saying that we would not resort to violence even if Sheikh al-Nimr were executed.

He took this stance in a country where claiming that inflation was the result of bad monetary and fiscal policy — rather than of the conspiracies of infidel profit-seekers — was considered anti-revolutionary.

Harry Reid, the leader of the Democrats in the Senate, stood shoulder-to-shoulder with Sarah Palin an unusual position for them both when he took this stance yesterday.

Even Spike Lee took this stance in his recent film Chi-Raq, showing a Chicago minister telling a huge crowd that the fight against black-on-black violence is "our Selma".

Sagan said he took this stance not because he thought astrology had any validity, but because he thought that the tone of the statement was authoritarian, and that dismissing astrology because there was no mechanism (while "certainly a relevant point") was not in itself convincing.

Q | So why is the SNP taking this stance?

Their reasons for taking this stance are purely practical.

Yet taking this stance is playing with fire.

The African-American community, to which I belong, has every right to take this stance.

Abbas could "however not take this stance in public", Dagan said according to the cables.

Through our example, we encourage other governments to take this stance as well.