How To Use Standing In A Sentence

Luckily, I have a very understanding boss.
Ask for an aged standing rib roast from the forequarter, trimmed and chined; bring to room temperature before roasting.
The protests were going on about 1 kilometers away in the main street and some of the protesting crowd were running from tear gass used among them, towards Salehi St. The film is shot by my friend who was standing beside me. Iran Election Live-Blogging (Saturday June 20 Part II)
Advancing age has occasionally brought resolution, more often just a little understanding, to many of these riddles, but not necessarily to the resilient ambiguity of history.
Words are confusing, but they're nothing compared to non-words, mainly because non-words lead to rash assumptions and misunderstandings.

This research has done much to advance our understanding of language learning.
Your Honour, we have not appealed against that, but what we do say is that we have sufficient standing to obtain either of the prerogative writs if ultimately the Court were minded to grant them and we do not really need more than that.
An established order of seeing, of understanding, of ruling, is simply exploded - the Modernist spirit asserts itself.
The men were standing in a ring.
For example, I see in yonder cupboard near which you are standing, several of what you call boxes (but like everything else in Flatland, they have no tops nor bottoms) full of money; I see also two tablets of accounts. Flatland: a romance of many dimensions (Illustrated)
A drunk was standing in the middle of the street, swaying uncertainly and trying hard to stay upright.
Work with your staff on understanding the regressive behaviors that may be exhibited.
Thirty unarmed INS agents accompanied the flight, guarding the handcuffed deportees in shifts, standing in aircraft's aisles at every fifth row.
A fellow council worker, who had just got out of the vehicle and was standing close at the time of the impact, suffered serious injuries.
For if I pray in an unknown tongue , my spirit prayer, but my understanding is unfruitful.
Mandela was convinced of security force "connivance", at least in the form of standing back and allowing violence that they could stop. ANC Daily News Briefing
In Chinas modernization drive, the misunderstanding on "Middlebrow" is not beneficial to the understanding and the promotion of the core ideology of Chinas traditional culture.
Each person makes his or her own decision according to personal perception and understanding.
It is time to take a look at this most outstanding work on algebra in Greek mathematics.
The pilot straps himself to this bulky rig in a standing position, controlling it with joysticks during vertical takeoff and landing - or VTOL, as we say in the hover biz.
For shade, the ramada, a classic freestanding, open-air structure, is still a common feature in desert gardens.
When he looks at you like that, you feel like you're standing at the verge of a bottomless abyss, a void so deep that it has its own mystical gravitation.
It is critical to an understanding of deixis to recall that even very ‘local’ elements of context, such as a speaker's own corporeal experience and perceptual field, are susceptible of schematisation.
McCoy had fully embraced the idea of belated fatherhood his declarations to the contrary notwithstanding. The Better Man
He had been standing in the turret of a tank with his friend when the tank was hit. EMOTIONAL ROLLERCOASTER: A Journey Through the Science of Feelings
You have devoured all when you were standing godmother.
I looked up and saw that the trees I was standing under were eucalypts, which had released their oily, pungent aroma into the wet air.
Made chiefly from riveted stainless steel and copper sheeting, these free-standing works are occasionally complemented with wood.
Insist that they send you a comprehensive list of all your direct debits and standing orders as soon as possible.
But often our dream date is the loudmouth down the hall, our office adversary, even the scary boss -- in short, someone we avoid even standing near in real life.
Representing France, Jean-Marc Bustamante conjures a ‘Pavilion of the Amazons,’ which centers on four large color photographs of solitary, unsmiling young women standing in resolutely unpicturesque landscapes.
As we got closer, a face so old and cragged with such deep wrinkles they looked like sun-baked crevasses formed by thousand of years of standing in the wind and rain. Guanajuato restaurants
Knowing and understanding our limitation is very crucial and a significant part of emancipating ourselves from its control.
Other outstanding issues include working conditions and workplace safety.
Adopting, the additional computative burden imposed by it notwithstanding, Schonfeld's modification of Airy's formulæ, he introduced into his equations a fifth unknown quantity expressive of a possible stellar drift in galactic longitude. Scientific American Supplement, No. 829, November 21, 1891
Coblentz had its ancient name of Confluentes, from its standing at the junction of the two rivers. The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Volume 04: Caligula
I was standing in some kind of wooded area and looking around Probably trying to find any distraction to keep me from going for my lecture and I did eventually find that tap-dancing squirrel but that's a story for another post and then somehow bits and pieces began to hit me. Archive 2005-02-01
This process must proceed with dispatch, without posturing, without grandstanding, without empty words.
This fact confirms the connection which we find, notwithstanding the difference of fracture and of specific gravity between the saussurite and the siliceous basis of the porphyrschiefer, which is the phonolite Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2
And I owe much of my further understanding of Voltaire through his face to an essay invitingly titled Voltaire's Grin by Richard Holmes, the "total immersion" biographer whom I've praised before -- mostly for his work on the interlinked poets Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth. David Tereshchuk: French Claim for Origins of Investigative Journalism
This will give your small group a more complete understanding of what the original language depicted. Christianity Today
He had a good scientific understanding and quickly dismissed the beast.
Challenge trophies and prize monies are to be awarded to the winners, runners-up and other outstanding performers.
I believe there is a 19 year old Tory standing in Coatbridge and Chryston but, personally, I don't fancy his chances. When two tribes go to war (part four)
After all, the impulse for political grandstanding is not purely an American one … Soft, Geeky Power
The top four teams in the standings have home advantage. Times, Sunday Times
And about 50 meters into the canyon at this narrow section, I encountered a place where I was standing on top of a chalkstone with about a ten-foot elevation drop. CNN Transcript May 8, 2003
Two monks are standing in the garden of the monastery, arguing over the nature of reality when the Roshi overhears them.
But this volume considerably expands our understanding by widening the regional sphere of comparison and by taking on board issues of secrecy, cultural heritage and museology.
An affectionate arm around the shoulders, a warm and reassuring hug, a gentle touch upon the arm, even just an understanding glance, are enough to drive away the blues and kindle hope in a heart beset with workaday cares.
There was a Malay steward behind each chair, and over in the corner, silent but missing nothing, the squint-faced Jingo; even he had exchanged his loin-cloth for a silver sarong, with hornbill feathers in his hair and decorating the shaft of his sumpitan* (* Blowpipe.) standing handy against the wall. Flashman's Lady
Whatever the fate of sense-datum theories might be as general theories of exteroception, their appeal as a model for understanding pains and other intransitive bodily sensations is very strong. Pain
Even from where I was standing I could see the jugular in her neck protruding, like a snake rising from somewhere inside her chest.
Their solution was to have Cumbria fire service just out of shot squirting hosepipes high in the air so it would fall the right way on Hopkins who was standing looking miserable up to his thighs in the lake.
Because there are several layers of appeal he can go through if he does not waive, that is our understanding also. CNN Transcript Feb 9, 2006
Rachel and a friend of hers were standing at the end of the parking lot, and hearing them yell my name perked me up enough to make it to the track itself. From the Mind of the Dawnie
So free-standing pronouns are accusative, even when they're interpreted as subjects: Who did that?
Under the editorship of Professor Robert L. Cleve, PhD, OAF, KCR, the issue begins with his outstanding study of the inscriptions and illustrations from the 1937 issue of postage stamps from the Italian Kingdom celebrating the bimillenary of the birth of the Emperor Augustus.
He was quick to learn and was literate in both English and Irish and had a good understanding of the Brehan law.
This "indistinguishability" seems to me to be precisely the point that aiguy has been making in this thread (and doing an outstanding job of it, BTW). Aiguy's Computer
When standing on the dancefloor, I could have been in any typical club around Leicester Square or Piccadilly Circus… plenty of drunks, try-hards, sleazes, idiots, and easy girls all packed in.
The local curate expressed understanding at their sense of loss.
The forwards also seemed intent on glory as several rolling mauls were stopped dead in their tracks when the wingers were standing idle and unmarked on the flanks.
They used the inheritance to pay off their outstanding loan.
In a previous essay, we saw that a super-majority of evolutionary biologists self-identity as "pure naturalists," providing us good reason to think that a non-teleological prism is used to shape our current mainstream understanding of evolution. 2007 June - Telic Thoughts
Sometimes when you think the sky is about to fall down, you might be standing tilted!
True patriotism doesn't exclude an understanding of the patriotism of others.
Island on the L.S. is one of the worst quick or moveing sand bars Which I have Seen, notwithstanding all our precaustons to Clear the Sands and pass between them (which was the way we were compd. to pass, from the immence Current & falling banks on the S. S.) the Boat Original journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806
Standing in front of the mirror she tweaked a strand of hair into place.
He didn't know how long he had been standing there, stacking the cuboids one on top of the other.
The set-off clause precludes the withdrawals of amounts standing to the customer's credit as long as this liability is contingent.
Also among the rich assortment of intriguing pieces that fill each page are panels dating from c.1600, decorated with saints standing beneath baldacchinos.
Once we got home, there was barely time to enjoy our presents. We had to go off to our grandparents' house for our annual Christmas dinner. As we drove down the highway through town, I noticed that the family was still there, standing outside the closed gas station.
All seven characters are drawn with illuminating detail and superbly played by an outstanding young company.
Had it not been cold and wet it would have been a kinda fun day, if your idea of fun is standing still by a roundabout for nine hours.
Cultural misunderstandings do happen. Times, Sunday Times
What I find highly ironic and, indeed, perturbing, is that U.S. trade laws have in their application proven much more effective in inhibiting legitimate, cross-border, long-standing supplier-customer transactions carried on within a Canada-U.S. free trade environment than they have in dealing with these "dump and jump" boatloads of predatory imports. Free Trade With the U.S.Only in a Dream World
The young man — fortified as he was by a natural cynical pride and passionateness — winced at this unexpected reply, notwithstanding. A Changed Man
I don't want there to be any misunderstanding.
It would have hardstandings for six caravans for the travelling families, along with two toilet and shower blocks.
While the lenders reserved all other rights and remedies that might be available under the credit agreement, but "did not by its terms purport to accelerate the maturity of the obligations outstanding. SiliconBeat
The absence of a clear understanding about those root causes largely explains why several would-be peace agreements ended up dishonoured or discarded.
One outstanding feature of this ecoregion is the presence of coral reefs, one of the largest and best preserved in the western Caribbean Sea, considered a part or an extension of the great belicean reef, very outstanding in terms of marine biodiversity. Cayos Miskitos-San Andrés and Providencia moist forests
The so-called audience learns about the proposer herself, measures her credibility, considers her ideas, and deepens her understanding of the current exigency as the rhetor sees it.
A number of vitamins, minerals and botanicals have emerged as key players in the bone-building story, and scientists are still working for a better understanding of their roles.
His comments need careful consideration, particularly given his deep understanding of commercial cases and his outspoken criticism in some serious fraud cases. Times, Sunday Times
Angie turned to see Maya standing there with a devilish grin.
The organization awards 11 non-renewable scholarships of $2,000 to children of full-time employees of firms that are members in good standing of NASGW.
Week two of our special photographic supplement presents outstanding examples of beauty frozen by the camera. Times, Sunday Times
So why has Polly come up with what is, even by her notoriously moronic standards, an outstandingly hopeless argument?
One visitor from Africa told me that whenever a group of men were standing around talking, their hands were usually busy dehulling egusi seeds. 10: Food science
You will need to submit final meter readings and settle any outstanding bill with your old supplier. Times, Sunday Times
It was only requisite for my understanding clearly to discern, to be convinced of the insuperability of this obstacle. Arthur Mervyn Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793
Despite increased understanding of the nature of the disease in general, the factors that contribute to symptomatic destabilization are little studied and much remains conjectural.
A better understanding of Pre-IE gemination may li... Etruscan Tarchon and Hittite Tarhun: Crazy or no?
Preacher was standing up over his writing table, unshaved, wearing an unironed white shirt. Rain Gods
What needs to be globalised is knowledge and understanding.
Conclusion Over the past decade there has been enormous progress in our understanding of how cells use calcium to regulate their activity.
Thomas Heywood enjoys an outstanding reputation as one of the world's finest concert organists.
When I turned around, Charlie was still standing at the counter with a mischievous gleam in his dark eyes.
The orchestra plays Grieg and Moszkowski; a smell of chocolate is in the air; that tall, pink lieutenant over there, with his cropped head and his outstanding ears, his _backfisch_ waist and his mudscow feet -- that military gargoyle, half lout and half fop, offends the roving eye. Europe After 8:15
While SocGen management has called Kerviel a trader "without genius" who was "acting alone," French bloggers are touting his "lucidity" and bravery for standing up to a system that "brings up its shady dealings only when they are unfavorable to them. France’s New Anti-Hero
The 40-member steering committee was mandated to formulate agreements on all outstanding issues and to draft legislation to formalize any agreements.
But, James, isn't the title indicative of "right" interpretation according to monotheistic understanding in opposition to Trinitarian understanding? and human moral development? Gratitude Mingled with Theological Concern
He successfully reframed the issue as being not about petty internal rules, but instead the little man standing up against the big political machine.
T. Golan Stockholm, SwedenAmerica needs to invest in long-term counterterrorist measures like cultural understanding. Mail Call
At the end of six hours, and late at night, we passed to the right, the ruins of an ancient city standing on the declivity of the mountain and still bearing its original name Amata (Arabic). Travels in Syria and the Holy Land
While the other threads were developed and resolved, leaving one rather exhausted and peculiarly unsatisfied, this one remained outstanding, haunting the reader's memory.
My girlfriend of long standing left me.
But I think it came at a moment when Americans were particularly hungry for someone they could perceive as honest, upstanding, and a hero.
Despite his eventual betrayal of me-for which I have forgiven him-Hu was a superb implementer and an outstanding public servant.
Collectively, the papers make a significant contribution to our understanding of science and cognition.
He had 300 soldiers, which meant that when the French attacked, 240 of them were standing in trenches around the outside of the fort. The George Washington You Didn't Know
As someone standing on the doorstep looking for a good reason to enter the 'club', swatter is now gone. Sound Politics: King County GOP election results
Wall painting can be broadly defined as any painting in which the support is the structure itself - whether a free-standing building, a subterranean tomb, or a rock-cut cave.
The tactful use of his skills and a clear understanding of the game have made this young man an instant favourite with the crowds in an alien land.
He needs to crank out an even better season if this young team hopes to climb in the standings.
I stood up and opened the door to find Leon just standing there.
The woods were designated an area of outstanding natural beauty.
He groaned, and felt the bulkhead, slowly coming to his knees, and standing, trying to orient himself to his position on ‘B’ deck.
And that's one of the keys to understanding the fulfillment of future prophecies.
They will need to be against an Abbeyside team being groomed for glory on the back of outstanding Under-21 and minor success.
A wooden tank may be rendered capable of withstanding the effects of nitric or sulphuric acids by the following methods: -- Cover the inside with paraffin; go over the inside with a sadiron heated to the temperature used in ironing clothes. Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889
The room was empty except for a wardrobe standing in one corner.
While she brings experience and sagacity, such a slim volume on such large topic demands a few leaps of faith, notwithstanding the appended 56 pages of interesting notes and comments.
While the market may have still further to fall, the bear case now has to contend with yields on leading company shares that are standing not just in excess of base rate, but also above the yield on long-dated government bonds.
Sound on 18 Doughty Street is mainly some sentences by one person and then cluck chunter chunter squak cluck cluk "so I think..." chunter, "But not withstanding" chunter,chunter. Steve Norris: 'Let's Get Out of the EU'
France and the U.S. have cooperated in space programs that have resulted in significant advancements in the understanding of such phenomena as El Niño, climate change, and seismology.
Nel had also been seen loitering near her home almost daily, standing there while watching her house.
I was standing by the paddock surveying the latest in a line of equine flatterers and good-for-nothing loafers in which I was about to invest.
In classical episteme, the understanding of the same tragedy category is different to some extent because of in different time and space, but they are similar on the whole.
Firman said the dispute was triggered by a minor misunderstanding between a member of the police's Mobile Brigade and a group of marines.
When I was last in Barbican part of the shell of the house was still standing, roofless, disfloored, diswindowed, and pickaxed into utter raggedness, as so much rubbish yet waiting to be removed from the new railway gap. The Life of John Milton
If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants.
Standing firm Only in recent years have Border Patrol agents perched themselves so close to the border.
We were actually standing on opposite sides of the sign, doh!
We will have erected barriers to understanding and entrenched a division among people.
The acting, while not of award calibre, is more than adequate to tell the storywhile the soundtrack is outstanding. March 2010
As she entered, I was standing in front of the oversized mirror wedged in between a dozen or so teenaged girls all scrambling to restore their fallen bouffants.
But if lawyers and solicitors wish themselves to be identified as men of noble standing and exemplariness then they deserve the kind of reverence they will yield from the public should they decide to embrace Karpal Singh's call to sieve out bad hats. Malaysiakini :: News
He reiterates the issues at the end of each chapter, with a brief summation of the argument, thus giving the reader a basic understanding of each author's particular intention.
It's an area of outstanding natural beauty.
It clearly showed the vast armada of the invasion fleet standing just off the coast of Normandy.
From a standing position bend your left knee and cross your right leg around your left leg, hooking your right foot on your left leg. Times, Sunday Times
Despite its financial problems, the company is standing by the no-redundancy agreement.
Back roads around Tollerton were almost impassable because of standing water and the only clear way in and out of the village was on the road to and from the A19.
When possible, include any free standing or unfitted piece of furniture into the design no matter what theme you are trying to create.
She admits that standing in the party 's primary contest would upset many members. Times, Sunday Times
I was watching the scene from the kitchen end of the dining car, standing just behind Emil, Cathy and Oliver.
Standing on my toes and moving slowly toward the back of the house, I saw rooms festooned with crewelwork wall hangings and hunting prints. Hollywood Nocturne
This study offers new perspectives to clarifying our understanding of the specific phenotypes of bacterial biofilms and thus enables control of their development.
Standing clear of the cluster of converted railway carriages and huts that line the shingle shore, the tower has four storeys and two bedrooms. Times, Sunday Times
ducktail" was barely visible from the cabin, standing in sharp contrast to the GT3's rear spoiler that dominates - and obstructs - the rearward view. Autoblog
More than ever it's a question we must face, standing at a distance from the photocopier.
did outstanding work in human relations
The show cloaks itself in wholesome, old-fashioned japery with its broad misunderstandings ("I said ghosts, not goats!") and knowing winks at Hi-de-Hi! and Frank Spencer, and the way Miranda's mother (Patricia Hodge) flits in and out as if through a time portal to a 1950s Whitehall farce. Rewind TV: Miranda; The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret; Accused: Willy's Story; Garrow's Law
But since he or his representative maintained for years that his proabortion rights stance is consistent with being a Catholic in good standing, with receiving Holy Communion, leading family prayers, and being visited by priest friends, I can't for the life of me figure out why I should see his doing such things on his deathbed as "signs of repentance" for the manifest grave sin of his proabortion rights stance. Sen. Ted Kennedy's right to a Catholic funeral
Graduation is a time for rejoining and is also a time for reflection.You will be going out into the world to make a career for yourself.Wish you well in all your understandings and hope that you will find your career a source of great joy and happiness.
Here he sounds like the cautious elder, advising a sympathetic intellectualism that would open people to self-understanding.
They seemed to me to be rudimental, burrowing men, still standing on their defence, awaiting their transformation. Walden
There will just be a standing wave created between one place and another, as all points on the wave would have zero net displacement.
The three are thought to have had a blazing row over a long-standing feud. The Sun
GRIFFIN: Let's move up the coast to St. Augustine, that is where Kathleen Koch is standing by. CNN Transcript Sep 4, 2004
Something about standing up to work also chimes with the times. Times, Sunday Times
They argue that as a tool of understanding rather than explanation, activity theory is supported primarily by means of idiographic, qualitative, and/or case studies.
Instead of standing up to them and telling them to stick it, I just ended up juggling a complex number of lies.
The organisation also campaigns to raise awareness and understanding of mental health conditions and improve services. The Sun
As a unit, I thought our seamers bowled outstandingly well. Times, Sunday Times
Recognition is a prerequisite to understanding.
Health and understanding are the two great blessing of life.
I wanted to convey a similar feeling for our progress toward a complete understanding of the laws that govern the universe.
I keep my stance simple, standing on the line of the crease with my feet a comfortable width apart.
He was standing in the doorway, wearing a frown and a soiled T-shirt, his large belly protruding over his pants, held up by a pair of suspenders.
Bravery also requires recognizing when standing up to these threats is reasonable and appropriate, and it requires acting on one's recognition.
I am not to learne, that these accidents by thee related, may happen to fooles, who are voide of understanding or shame: but such as are wise, and endued with vertue, have alwayes such a precious esteeme of their honour, that they wil containe those principles of constancie, which men are meerely carelesse of, and I justifie my wife to be one of them. The Decameron
As reported at ThinkProgress, Joe the Deacon, had this to say about replacing baby Jesus with a lump of Christmas coal in Silent Night: "I'll put my years as a Sunday school teacher, church deacon and church musician up against just about anybody else when it comes to understanding hymnology and respect for religious traditions. Justin Callaway: Joe the Deacon and the Church of Clean Coal Carolers: How to Faith-wash Green-washing
To gain a richer understanding of the problem of holism we must therefore distinguish it from the problem of determinism.
So dark are the shadows that a man standing there could not be seen.
In spite of the complexities of spanning the globe and a sluggish economic environment, most of these tech transnationals have been delivering outstanding financial results.
The importance of understanding the factors that play a part in EI formation and composition is critical to EI research.
The lamp, standing alone in the midst of confusion, suffered a partial eclipse; and my favourite Dublin meerschaum successfully resisted the dilapidating effect of a fall of several feet. Canada for Gentlemen
It sure would bring a new level of understanding to our world of intoleration. Trolls, Anger, Taking Offense and One-Hit- Wonders
The key to their capture of most of the world's economy is first their seizure of all outstanding oil properties in the world.
Newcastle Brown Ale is an outstanding performer in the British beer market.
This posting is about intercommunication among Zapoteco villagers in Oaxaca State and the notion that communications among various villages can be improved by foreigners introducing radio signal interrelationships to, supposedly, improve inter-village understanding and, perhaps, harmony. Radio stations in Oaxaca
When the smoke cleared, he was seen to be standing there still wearing the overcoat. The Times Literary Supplement
The natives congregated in front of the main gate, or would peer over the walls, standing on makeshift bamboo stilts.
It aims to give smokers a proper understanding of nicotine addiction and withdrawal symptoms. Times, Sunday Times
Also outstanding are the eye shadows, in an array of flattering colours that really stay put. Times, Sunday Times
There are worries that cultural misunderstandings can lead to lost sales. Times, Sunday Times
She was named the outstanding undergraduate history major at the University of Oklahoma.
Through such models, some understanding can be gained of the way in which many settlements formerly operated in their local landscape.
She points out that there is some irony in living in a "Lake House" without a lake and even though, as I pedantically remind her, the word lake is Anglo-Saxon for "running stream," which we do have, and not a standing body of water, which we don't, her logic does not escape me. Broken Music, A Memoir
The unruly bunch pushed into the White House, clods standing on the silk-upholstered furniture in muddy boots to get a glimpse of the new president (who was trying not to be crushed by his well-wishers). Inauguration Party Like It's 1829
I looked after the house and created the most outstanding garden in town.
He was an outstanding engineer who advised on building windmills, locks and ports.
We never learn from our mistakes and we are all, at any moment, standing at the edge of chaos.
This is as dark and downbeat as they come, the occasional lighter moments of banter notwithstanding.
Many mathematicians are musical and many musicians have good intuitive understanding of maths. Times, Sunday Times
The apodeictical proposition cogitates the assertorical as determined by these very laws of the understanding, consequently as affirming a priori, and in this manner it expresses logical necessity. The Critique of Pure Reason

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