Sentence examples for district has stood from inspiring English sources

The district has stood firm.

Yet United States Representative Francisco Canseco, a Republican whose district includes Marfa, has stood by his vote earlier this year to eliminate financing for the C.P.B. "Here in Congress we are fighting to ensure taxpayers keep their hard-earned dollars to spend on their families instead of sending that money to Washington," Mr. Canseco said in an e-mail.

So it is with interest that many have taken to watching the race in southern Ohio's 8th Congressional district, where newcomer Justin Coussoule has stood up to challenge U.S. Rep. Boehner in this fall's elections.

The office of the Bronx district attorney, Robert T. Johnson, has been in contact with Ms. Kaye's staff for several months, but has stood by rather than talk with Ms. Booker.

"He has stood out".

Apparently, the parents took their teenage daughter's complaints very seriously and griped about the story to the public school district, which should have stood up for its teachers' and students' First Amendment rights and politely told the offended parents to pipe down.

And the buildings are not, as in Dubai or Shanghai's Pudong district, being constructed where nothing else had stood.

For most of the past week, New Yorkers have stood somewhere above 14th Street or Canal Street and looked down toward the financial district.

Those punishments have stood.

An empty lot in the meatpacking district has been filled with tented stands for about 70 food, fashion and gift vendors, including Roberta's Pizza, Asia Dog, Red Hook Lobster Pound, Little Muenster and Momofuku Milk Bar.

Yet Amani's experience stands out because of the extent to which the district has continued to actively oppose it.