(1) They are just literally lying.” In August Microsoft severed its ties, saying Alec’s stance on climate change and several other issues “conflicted directly with Microsoft’s values”.
(2) The influence of vestibular dysfunction upon the vestibulospinal reflex (VSR) in two common peripheral syndromes was investigated by two types of posturographic examination: "static" posturography, recording and analyzing the postural sway in stance, and "kinetic" posturography, recording the stepping in place test.
(3) I believe that truth sets man free.” It was a curious stance for someone who spent many years undercover as a counter-espionage informant, a government propagandist, and unofficial asset of the Central Intelligence Agency.
(4) This paper employs a rhetorical form designed to clarify and sharpen the focus of the very special stance required--which must be painstakingly learned under careful supervision--in order to effectively tune in to communications coming from the unconscious of the patient.
(5) The purpose of this study was to analyze and compare the effects of the leg during swing and stance phases of forward propulsion of the body for both men and women.
(6) Pope Francis’s no-longer-secret meeting in Washington DC with anti-gay activist Kim Davis, the controversial Kentucky county clerk who was briefly jailed over her refusal to issue same-sex marriage licenses in compliance with state law, leaves LGBT people with no illusions about the Pope’s stance on equal rights for us, despite his call for inclusiveness.
(7) Burham's claim to be the continuity candidate, coupled with his past reputation as a Blairite, suggests a centrist leadership that would stay on course in terms of private sector involvement in public services, a crackdown on benefit claimants and a tougher stance on criminals.
(8) "It's very clear now that the administration agrees with us," said Wyden, hailing a switch from both the Bush and Obama administration stance that "collecting these records is vital to western civilisation".
(9) He added: “From what we’ve seen so far, Londoners can be forgiven for wondering if Zac will be a mayor who works to bring London’s diverse communities together or one who will drive them apart.” Others evince real surprise over Goldsmith’s stance.
(10) Loads up to 2.5 kN were applied, without simulated muscle forces, to mimic the line-of-action of the resultant joint-force in a single-legged stance.
(11) Golding said the government would not soften its stance on drug trafficking and it intended to use a proportion of revenues from its licensing authority to support a public education campaign to discourage pot-smoking by young people and mitigate public health consequences.
(12) This paper describes a system for the quantitative analysis of posture and stance in the freely standing quadruped.
(13) It’s about state sovereignty.” The BLM’s retreat vindicated his stance, he said, tapping a copy of the US constitution which he keeps in a breast pocket.
(14) A spokesman for the Liberal Democratic party senator, David Leyonhjelm, said he would read Heydon’s decision before determining his stance.
(15) Even more striking is the stance being adopted by Hagan and her Democratic supporters, who have been as keen to discuss social issues as the Republicans have been to avoid them.
(16) In analogy to tip-toeing movements, it is concluded that the coactivation pattern is typical for stance conditions with a restricted area of support in order to reduce body sway.
(17) Maybe the claimants were politicians who took a strict stance on moral issues, or people who had misleadingly used their family image to seek office or commercial gain?
(18) He used the pre-recorded speech to deny accusations of embezzlement, saying: "They aim to tarnish my reputation and discredit my integrity, my stance, my political and military history during which I worked hard for Egypt and its people in peace and war."
(19) They are hoping that in a constituency that voted overwhelmingly to remain in the EU, Goldsmith’s hard-Brexit stance will count against him.
(20) "Cameron's interpretation of Merkel's stance is partially based on a misunderstanding," said Stefan Kornelius, foreign editor of Süddeutsche Zeitung and author of an authorised Merkel biography.
Standpoint
Definition:
(n.) A fixed point or station; a basis or fundamental principle; a position from which objects or principles are viewed, and according to which they are compared and judged.
Example Sentences:
(1) From a clinical standpoint, it is clear that psychiatrists caring for anxious patients must be aware of the possibility of secondary alcohol abuse.
(2) Pathogenesis of acute osteomyelitis is analyzed from the standpoint of disorders in the bone microcirculation.
(3) Intramuscular administration of rCD4-IgG appears to be inferior to intravenous dosing from a pharmacokinetic standpoint, with lower peak concentrations and variable absorption.
(4) Undoubtedly because new theories remain speculative when viewed from our own standpoint.
(5) The main signs are, from the clinical standpoint, a diffuse haemorrhagic syndrome and, from the biological standpoint, a haemolytic anemia, renal failure and thrombopenia.
(6) From the standpoint of computational vision, these phenomena are difficult to process, yet nonretarded persons perceive them effortlessly and without error.
(7) From the standpoint of breakeven facts and resource efficiency the minicenter and clinic-on-wheels were similar and superior to the other two.
(8) What’s imperative from an organizational standpoint, he added, is “understanding where voters are, what their concerns are, and building a sophisticated operation around that.
(9) From the psychologic standpoint, plastic surgeons are now challenging their patients to help themselves in such an overall program to forestall the effects of aging.
(10) This paper looks at the controversy from the standpoint of both patient and PD staff.
(11) This question was answered, from the standpoint of human postures, by observing the antagonistic postures exhibited by a bus-driver and a passenger, and also by the findings in postrotatory eye nystagmus (an indication of artificial motion sickness) which was varied according to the three different positions of the head.
(12) A review of the literature is included and the standpoints concerning the nosological entities are discussed.
(13) The results suggest that (i) the SOS response of E. coli and the SOB response of B. subtilis are strikingly similar from both a phenotypic and a regulatory standpoint and that RecA and LexA protein analogs exist in B. subtilis, (ii) the Recbs protein is capable of regulating its own production, and (iii) SOS-inducing (RecA-activating) signals are generated in B. subtilis following either DNA damage or the development of physiological competence.
(14) From the standpoint of an augmented version of the World Health Organization model of disablement, the life satisfaction of persons with spinal cord injury appears to be influenced, albeit indirectly, by selective aspects of their social role performance (handicap), but not by their degree of impairment or disability.
(15) The results were analysed from the standpoint of grammar of clauses and their informative contents.
(16) The biological and medical significance related to the phenomenon is discussed, standing upon immunochemical, phylogenical, and immunogenetical standpoints of complement research.
(17) The results allowed the expediency of using laser resection techniques and Pirogov's single-row suture to be substantiated from new standpoints (standpoints of higher biological air-tightness of the anastomoses).
(18) Whilst the vital prognosis is rarely threatened in dento-maxillo-facial orthopaedic procedures, the responsibility of practitioners involved in this discipline is nevertheless an everyday consideration from both a medical as well as an orthodontic standpoint (1 and 2).
(19) Complications of therapy were uncommon and neither regimen demonstrated a significant advantage from an economic standpoint.
(20) From the standpoint of prevention, carcinogenic factors can be investigated according as they apply to collective or individual life, according to their relative etiological importance, and to the incidence rate and gravity of cancers involved.