The 20 November 2010 ordination of a bishop against the wishes of the Holy See indicated that the government was taking a more hard-line attitude.

Will it become more democratic or will it bow to the more hard-line, Salafi attitudes that are blowing in the wind?

This gambit might be intended to pressure Mr. Starr to moderate his hard-line attitude toward her as a potential witness.

The hard-line Saudi attitude was first signaled two days ago by Saudi officials in private conversations.

His continued hard-line attitude, even after reconciliation became general policy, and his enmity against the Earl of Lauderdale, made him a controversial figure.

The colonel's hard-line attitude is reflected by his all-beefcake resuscitated fighting forces.

However, it would soon come around to a more moderate standpoint and while preserving a hard-line attitude to armed struggle, the party began theorizing on various compromise solutions.

Truman was little involved in drafting the speech and did not himself adopt the hard-line attitude it suggested until several months later.

If the city took a hard-line attitude, we would resist them.

The organisation's hard-line attitudes have drawn concern and criticism from inside and outside Sri Lanka.