His comments demonstrated a definite shift from the previous stance.

Based on the senator's previous stance on gun issues, his vote was not a surprise.

But these comments were in stark contrast to his previous stance.

Yet the statement did little more than reaffirm previous stances.

This is a change from what appeared to be his previous stance.

However, the government immediately reverted to their previous stance, confident the prisoners would not start another strike.

I was no fan of Amazon's previous stance, where the retailer sets the price.

But in May, he reversed his previous stance, saying his father would return to office.

Whenever he had changed position on an issue, it was because he'd decided his previous stance had been wrong.

During the conciliation procedure, she did not even remain faithful to the Commission's previous stance on the budget level.