noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an upright posture/stance (= a straight body position )
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He appears big because of his powerful shoulders and upright posture.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
aggressive
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His eyes had immediately darkened, and his entire body had taken on an aggressive stance .
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It's longer and wider than its predecessor, but it sits lower for a more hunched, aggressive stance .
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The victims of their aggressive stance are their children.
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The publican's aggressive stance towards the headmistress touched on deeper currents which were becoming condensed in the affair.
basic
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It is therefore extremely important that the basic stances be thoroughly understood and properly practised.
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New students are taught foot patterns from the basic horse stance .
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Once a certain level of proficiency has been reached, the karate student starts to learn stances beyond the basic stance.
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The basic stance is derived from a person walking and places emphasis upon naturalness.
conservative
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The conservative stance then crumbles from within.
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But this does not mean that it takes the conservative stance of necessarily accepting existing definitions of crime.
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With its emphasis on order and stability, consensus and integration, functionalism appears to adopt a conservative stance .
critical
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There is a kind of miracle about the birth of any tiny baby which makes us suspend our critical stance .
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Implicit in this admission, however, is the possibility of a more critical stance , and this was not long forthcoming.
different
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In the rest of the Community many different policy stances are evident.
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But other community groups are taking a markedly different stance .
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Barton only lasted one day in the new spot, with its slightly different stance , before the knee began bothering him.
fighting
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The attacker moves forward in a left fighting stance with a front kick off the right leg to the groin area.
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It is usually performed from a fighting stance and is most useful against attacks from more than one opponent.
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Begin from a fighting stance , perhaps by throwing a light snap punch into the opponent's face from the front hand.
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She assumed a fighting stance , but couldn't remain balanced.
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From a forward fighting stance , the student swings his rear leg forward and upward until the knee comes to shoulder height.
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Both fighters have to be in left fighting stances , at the correct range, for it to be applied correctly.
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Your opponent takes up a left fighting stance , that is with the left leg leading.
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Begin from a fighting stance by thrusting forwards with the back foot and sliding a short distance with the front.
firm
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Republican presidential hopefuls have all claimed that they would take a firmer stance towards Moscow.
high
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He would find somewhere high to take stance and think.
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An awkward bulge must be overcome to reach an easier corner, and a little higher a tiny stance .
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Through constant research Tani developed faster kicks and higher stances .
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The higher stances afforded practitioners greater mobility and speedier delivery of techniques.
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As he peers down the gun barrel with his high , unorthodox stance , he visualises former glories.
left
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The attacker moves forward in a left fighting stance with a front kick off the right leg to the groin area.
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Both fighters have to be in left fighting stances , at the correct range, for it to be applied correctly.
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Your opponent takes up a left fighting stance , that is with the left leg leading.
moral
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It would appear that in this moral stance they were backed by public opinion.
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Because it took a moral stance ?
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This is not in any way to imply any moral or ethical stance on our part.
neutral
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Mostly the understeer is mild but, in the dry at least, it seldom gives way to a genuinely neutral stance .
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Many therapists took a neutral stance on the issue rather than trying to save marriages.
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A neutral stance in relation to moral and spiritual development of pupils is not acceptable to the Catholic community especially in the Catholic school.
political
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The word political is somewhat unsuitable in the circumstances, since my own political stance has always been a pragmatic one.
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Clinton was forced to withdraw several nominees due to embarrassing revelations over their political stances or child-care issues.
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By this time, of course, Mwafrika and its successors had long since lost their former political stance .
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The political stance of the working class will rely heavily on the nature, size and development of the labour movement.
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Nizan's political stance at this juncture was a curious mixture of uncompromising denunciation and sweet-talking collaboration.
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In this sense an academic discipline has been built up with an explicitly political stance .
positive
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The religions which are burgeoning around the world are the ones taking positive , proactive stances .
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This interpretation would yield a coherent, uniformly positive stance of Paul regarding women in the church.
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Ultimately taking a positive stance , it also shows concern for abuse and misuse.
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Clearly, this kind of legislation reflects a more positive stance towards older workers and their role in the labour market.
public
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Others suspected the truth: that Hitler's public stance did not represent his real feelings on the issue.
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Irvin, consistent with his usual public stance , was unrepentant.
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The pope, politicians and intellectuals have taken a public stance on the issue.
strong
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However, nearly all funboard technique problems can be traced back to deficiencies in the strong wind stance .
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Patrick Buchanan has criticized Dole for not taking a stronger stance against abortion.
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The Mutawas offered the father moral support in his strong stance and showered him with accolades for his religious conviction.
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Having come to power that year, she was advocating a strong stance in the face of the Soviet arms build-up.
tough
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It also had a tougher , pro-Trident stance on defence.
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The message arrived at a particularly delicate time, with the Fox administration striving for a tough new stance against criminal organizations.
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Their tough stance followed talks at Camp David in which Mr Bush agreed to delay action until the new year.
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That piercing gaze threatened immediate reprisal, the tough , unyielding stance of his hard body blocked her path and intimidated her.
upright
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Chained in an upright stance for weeks on end, iron collars about their necks, with no hope of reprieve.
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The upper edge of the shoulder pocket overhung the lower edge, more appropriate for an upright stance .
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Wings rather short and narrow, legs set well back, giving upright stance at rest.
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It dropped fast, keeping its upright stance at first, than turning as if emptying itself, and the men fell out.
■ NOUN
policy
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In the rest of the Community many different policy stances are evident.
■ VERB
adopt
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He was both eager to adopt the right stance and unnerved by the strangeness of it.
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A federal trial judge in New York adopted that stance in this case.
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Clinton consistently supported women's right to abortion at a time when Bush adopted an anti-abortion stance .
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Both poets adopt a stance of resignation in struggles with their employers.
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But Schro der's leftwing government adopted a less rigid stance on foreign currency.
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Until quite recently the socio-cultural anthropologists have adopted a very similar stance .
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The secret of playing these shots is to adopt the stance you are comfortable with.
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Now place yourself inside the regulationist framework, that is, adopt the stance of a regulationist in relation to the other two theories.
change
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Graveney thinks that this figure could be easily be nearer 80 if he were to change his stance .
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I have therefore decided that we should not change our stance on this matter.
maintain
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He no longer maintained the stance he had advanced to me on the telephone.
soften
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Eventually, he softens his stance , even giving his students $ 5 each time they answer a question correctly.
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He called on the senator to soften her get-tough stance on immigrants living in the United States.
take
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In recent months, a number of federal judges have taken such a stance .
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Many therapists took a neutral stance on the issue rather than trying to save marriages.
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They reached the tree where the eagle had taken stance and looked up.
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Because it took a moral stance ?
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He took another such stance a year later when he preached in the Roman CatholicWestminster cathedral.
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His eyes had immediately darkened, and his entire body had taken on an aggressive stance .
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In 1792 he was taking an anti-monarchist stance , whilst in 1793 he was not.
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Ultimately taking a positive stance , it also shows concern for abuse and misuse.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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His tough stance on crime appeals to voters.
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The club's golf pro gave me some pointers on my stance and swing.
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The council has taken a pro-growth, pro-business stance on development issues.
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The official stance is that the lottery money should be used for the arts and education.
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The political stance of the paper means it is unlikely to report the affair in a balanced way.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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As a result, market intelligence is limited, and has led to contradictory stances being adopted by different companies.
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But other community groups are taking a markedly different stance .
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Deng closely aligned himself with this stance .
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His head kept dipping and his wings half opening as he tried to retain his balance on his awkward stance .
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His stupid stance fills me with wild hope.
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The Dodson aunts take pride in his stance in this hour of crisis.
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The stability of a stance depends upon the distribution of the body weight.
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Why not love everyone instead of interacting from the opposite stance ?