Sentence examples for become standing from inspiring English sources

The BBC and the NHS have become standing jokes for hardened corporate arteries, as well as for resisting all attempts at break-up or decentralisation.

The longer any political discussions drag on for, the more nervous financial markets can expect to become, standing to weaken further both Sterling and UK equities.

All across the country, party meetings that had once been sleepy affairs, dominated by Robert's Rules of Order and a handful of graying activists, have become standing room only.

Yet we do know that the specter of the economic radical that Martin Luther King had become, standing at the head of a successful Poor People's Campaign of many hundreds of thousands, demanding sweeping restructuring of the political economy, posed a threat to the federal government and the capitalist class of potentially enormous magnitude.

There are a few chairs at the bar but the room quickly becomes standing room only as the dancefloor is overtaken by swing fanatics.

Last May, the society celebrated the career of Jimmy Heath, the saxophonist and composer-arranger, and the parish hall's 250-seat capacity quickly became standing room only.

According to Jorge, the backroom synagogue became standing-room only on high holidays as the city's Jewish population began to "wake up".

Ramsey said she realized this was a huge case in the media during Ellen Pao's testimony, when the courtroom became standing-room-only.

It has since become a standing joke in my family that we must now say it as often as possible.

In other words, the president, who for the first time will be a permanent presence in Brussels, may become a standing dispenser of national vetoes.

They include Li Keqiang, Mr. Wen's expected successor as prime minister; Vice Premier Wang Qishan Li Yuanchaoo, the head of the party's powerful organization department; and Liu Yandong, a contender to become the standing committee's only female member.