Collocations withstance
These are words often used in combination withstance.
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aggressive stance
We have taken an aggressive stance in collecting revenue owed to the government, and already revenues have jumped by over 20%.
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batting stance
He was noted for his unique batting stance, a crouch in which his back was seemingly square to the pitcher.
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conservative stance
In response to the announced counter-demonstration, however, the government altered its position to a more conservative stance.
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critical stance
However, scholars have begun to adopt a more critical stance toward such narratives.
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defensive stance
But this purely defensive stance does not help us when we try to think realistically about religion on a global scale.
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editorial stance
This change reflects a significant development in the editorial stance taken; it is now a book of stories as much as a book of words.
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ethical stance
How are we to understand the ethical stance of this narrator, and how might that stance affect the genre of the tale?
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fighting stance
Jerrome (1992) mentions the fighting stance associated with being ' not old ' as the desired norm in the groups she studied.
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firm stance
It is heartened by his firm stance in those discussions.
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ideological stance
The book takes a strong ideological stance in favour of the state's primary role in social services provision.
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independent stance
Communitarian conversations end not so much in agreement or convergence as in the remaking of interlocutors to deprive them of any independent stance from which to disagree.
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intentional stance
The caregiver's recognition of the child's intentional stance, however, is communicated nonverbally, beginning at birth.
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moderate stance
However, there is less trace of this moderate stance in his treatment of justice.
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moral stance
We simply ask that that moral stance be extended to embrace sitting tenants.
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negotiating stance
The developing country negotiating stance of underlining the 'differentiated responsibility' of the developed world for climate change is thus shown by the monetary damage estimates to be untenable.
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neutral stance
Few reviewers tried to take a neutral stance and only a minority of the critics confined themselves to a discussion of the historical part.
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official stance
The ambivalent official stance and public sentiment that developed toward this lottery suggest that ' law and order ' concerns in themselves do not explain the criminalisation of vernacular practices.
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oppositional stance
This is another instance of social indirectness in which an oppositional stance actually creates connection.
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philosophical stance
It led him to reject induction and to adopt a position of scepticism as a philosophical stance even if not as an everyday action.
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political stance
This is not merely a matter of whether we take an ostensibly political stance toward language use; it relates to a range of analytic preferences.
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principled stance
It is a principled stance against top-up fees.
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proper stance
I believe that most people are agreed that our present powers of delay represent the proper stance to take.
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stance phase
During the stance phase, the hip swings backward and the knee is kept motionless.
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strong stance
Sociologists have taken a similarly strong stance in insisting that their field offers a unique and indispensable contribution.
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theoretical stance
Its theoretical stance offered a great deal but, for me, has failed to deliver.
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tough stance
As a result of our tough stance, our four objectives were substantially agreed.
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upright stance
We suffer spinal problems because the spinal column was not designed originally for an upright stance.
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