Sentence examples for a matter of standing from inspiring English sources

"It was a matter of standing up for what the church believes is right".

They don't see opposition to an Iraq war as cowardice; they see it as courage, a matter of standing up to the bullying Bush administration.

Not conducting arrests at the time of riot events was deliberate, they said, not a matter of standing back and doing nothing.

It's just a matter of standing around in a place somewhere, looking around and saying: well, you know, what would be fun here?

"I have said that this is a matter of standing up for 500,000 Kentuckians.

You can't turn people good by deploying practices of torture and punishment as a matter of standing policy.

No one was more effective at this than the Scottish Conservatives, who fought last week's vote on the single issue of opposing a second referendum, allowing them to avoid the awkward matter of standing up for their own record in government.

As well as proving to the rest of Europe that they deserve their place in Uefa, Gibraltar have the small matter of standing in the shadow of reigning world and European champions Spain.

As a matter of his standing among rank-and-file Republican voters, Mr. McCain appeared to be in an unexpectedly strong position two weeks before the March 7 vote.

"In his gut, what he feels is this isn't a matter of choosing between standing up for the rights of people and standing up for the police who do their jobs and are desperately needed," said David Axelrod, a longtime friend and former White House adviser.

It's a matter of our defense standing together and playing like one instead of making excuses and silly mistakes".