Sentence examples for circumstances standing from inspiring English sources

Under such circumstances, standing up against the Taliban is just too risky.

Under normal circumstances, standing on the lurching deck of a small boat for three hours in the pouring rain wearing a bright orange mackin tosh would not be most people's idea of a good time.

No matter how creative health service managers may be, there will always be circumstances standing in their way, aggravated by a disguised protection of some attitudes by corporatism, professional complicity or a strictly organized hierarchical structure.

On the other hand, Albert comes to have some duty of financial prudence because of the effect of these developments on Albert's finances, together with certain personal circumstances and standing obligations that seem unrelated to the subject matter of legislation and to the principles that govern it.

In New York, you must demonstrate "extraordinary circumstances" to establish standing to proceed with such a petition.

According to Peter Handel of the University of Missouri that can, in the right circumstances, create a standing wave of electromagnetic energy which makes the surrounding air glow.

"Even in these difficult economic circumstances, we're standing firm to our mission to constantly upgrade our galleries," said Thomas P. Campbell, director of the Met.

He adds, "And three times in my life I have happened to hear the same sound in the same circumstances, namely, when standing between an open window and a dead body on a summer day".

The remaining injuries resulted from a variety of less frequent circumstances, like pedestrians standing in the road while waiting to cross, traffic officers being struck while policing a street, and travelers being hit while getting into or out of a vehicle.

In the circumstances, his insistence on standing in front of them and finishing off his Starbucks cup of coffee was rather brave.

Under normal circumstances, a triumphant woman standing behind a podium giving a political victory speech would thrill me to the core.