| tough stance | 13.50 | A tough stance? | ||
| tougher stance | 7.83 | Japan needs to take a tougher stance. | ||
| aggressive stance | 5.00 | They take an aggressive stance for consumer rights. | ||
| hard-line stance | 4.87 | China has taken a hard-line stance against such a sale. | ||
| hardline stance | 4.48 | This hardline stance also prohibits dual recognition. | ||
| neutral stance | 3.95 | It did not adopt a neutral stance. | ||
| strong stance | 3.16 | Forbes took a strong antiabortion stance in his campaign this year. | ||
| conciliatory stance | 2.96 | Blair proposed a more conciliatory stance toward Ankara. | ||
| new stance | 2.96 | Their new stance is an about-face, he said. | ||
| public stance | 2.96 | That was the public stance. | ||
| cautious stance | 2.90 | Top officials took a cautious stance. | ||
| firm stance | 2.57 | Authorities often denounced their firm anti-war stance. | ||
| batting stance | 2.30 | Karros made alterations in his batting stance. | ||
| political stance | 2.17 | No political stance intended, says Sprint. | ||
| similar stance | 2.11 | Ms. Huber took a similar stance. | ||
| same stance | 1.84 | The eight leaders took the same stance. | ||
| common stance | 1.78 | They rarely take a common stance on any issue. | ||
| different stance | 1.65 | Marinac takes a different stance. | ||
| moderate stance | 1.65 | Lula himself has taken pains to present a moderate stance. | ||
| conservative stance | 1.51 | But banks and other institutional investors are taking a conservative stance. |