Sentence examples for extraordinary standing from inspiring English sources

At Greenspan's retirement in 2006, Blinder and a co-author summed up his extraordinary standing.

But relaxed selection owing to a single generation of hatchery culture seems an unlikely explanation for dramatic declines in fitness unless salmon carry an extraordinary standing genetic load (e.g. Launey and Hedgecock 2001).

"We're thrilled with the reform steps announced today, though we know we have a lot of work ahead of us in restoring the children's home to its past extraordinary standing," he said.

Across the Chamber, Labour MPs rose in a quite extraordinary standing ovation.

Syrians have shown extraordinary courage, standing up to President Bashar al-Assad's reign of terror.

In 2005, saffron grown here was awarded Italy's "protected product" status, like Parmigiano-Reggiano and prosciutto di Parma, acknowledging its extraordinary culinary standing.

Head to Filitosa, south of Ajaccio, to see an extraordinary collection of standing stones, discovered in the 1940s.

It was, in truth, extraordinary to be standing this close to something so wild, so usually elusive, so slender-legged, so orange-tailed, so yellow-eyed, so unexpected.

His shipmates, he said, were "extraordinary fellows for standing the cold – with the thermometer at 22° below Bentzen goes up in his shirt and trousers to read the thermometer on deck".

"The last 12 years have been extraordinary: from a standing start, there was Skellig, the Whitbread and the Carnegie, Kit coming out and winning the Michael L Printz award in the US, The Fire-Eaters winning the Whitbread... it's just gone on and on.

He seemed to pause and take the measure of an extraordinary political moment: standing dead even in the polls against an incumbent president, about to accept the nomination of a battle-hardened party, but still facing the daunting challenge of introducing himself to millions of Americans.