Sentence examples for usual stance from inspiring English sources

The most striking exception to his usual stance came last October, when he was trying to fend off conservative challengers.

They mostly greeted the end of the exit visa after 51 years with their usual stance of "we'll see".

That's when Twitter officials abandoned their usual stance and contacted NBC employees they knew through their Olympics partnership.

The most remarkable aspect of these remarks is how much of a departure they are from China's usual stance.

I was standing in the usual stance of mutual disregard, pretending not to notice my neighbours sweating through skintight pyjamas and making their angry – or, I suppose, fierce – faces.

And instead of adopting its usual stance of criticizing country policies and imposing conditions, the IMF should have acted as a booster: Michel Camdessus and Larry Summers should have tried to look happy as they toured Asian capitals, and should have declared at each stop that the real economies were in excellent shape.

The article concludes with a discussion of the politics of preemption cases, which frequently find conservative and liberal justices reversing their usual stances on federalism.

The business-as-usual stance is key because in 1998, Congress similarly restricted the expenditure of taxpayer funds in order to block a ballot measure legalizing medical marijuana.

But the chief executive said Barratt's performance at the start of the new financial year had been largely unaffected by the Brexit vote, adding that the company was taking a "business-as-usual stance".

The business-as-usual stance is the enemy of curiosity.

Just maybe, I thought, the Sun is moving beyond its usual editorial stance on race.