The city's tough new stance comes with strong public backing.

Their militant stance is increasingly coming under criticism from pupils, parents and the public alike.

But that stance is coming increasingly into conflict with proponents of information technology.

Hong Kong's tough stance came in the wake of more bad economic news.

In English, a similar stance came to be taken, not only to fellow professionals, but to the great authors and their works.

This stance has come under severe criticism in recent years.

The commission's new stance comes at a time when the state as a whole is grappling with the issue of growth.

But the most aggressive stance has come from the military.

The Mayor's softer stance comes as he faces a campaign for re-election.

This stance has come under fire by tax groups as being misleading.