Sentence examples for bear the standard from inspiring English sources

Ms. Wagner's staging is particularly provocative because she is supposed to bear the standard of the Wagner family.

It wasn't just a matter of opposition; it was a matter of what was being championed, even if the British Empire was in its twilight and the United States was beginning to bear the standard.

In the event, it turned out that the only reason they had failed to identify one outstanding horse, to bear the standard, was that they simply had too many to choose from.

In 1954, when he was 28, William F. Buckley Jr. founded National Review to bear the standard of a fledgling conservative movement defined by three commitments: to fight Communism, to diminish the federal government and to uphold traditionalism in social affairs.

Or John McCain's promise to bear the standard of conservatism into the 21st century?

Morex, Barke, and Steptoe are western cultivated barleys and are likely to bear the standard arrangement.

She bears the standard of her small nation well.

What was reported in the news bore the standard sterility: "One soldier killed; five others injured".

Happily, Mr. Savall has borne the standard for his instrument with greater probity and more consistent artistry than have, say, certain tenors or other human embodiments of specific instruments.

What was reported in the news bore the standard sterility: "One soldier killed; five others injured". What wasn't said was that Branden Oberleitner, the private who died standing almost shoulder to shoulder with Shrode, was a car buff who once planned to become a firefighter or that he was killed two weeks shy of his 21st birthday.

I look to you to lead the way in revaluing the billion and cutting these (American) Internet "billionaires" down to size at the same time.DECLAN O'RIORDANDisley, CheshireSIR May I suggest The Economist bears the standard of historically correct language and refrains from using the word Gallic for French ("The return of the Anglo-Saxons", May 6th)?