Sentence examples for if things stand from inspiring English sources

If things stand as they do, in June 2019 Europe's largest country will automatically cease to be a member of the Council of Europe.

A sentence is true if things stand in the way it says, and things make sentences true or false in virtue of the way they are (as well as in virtue of what the sentences say), and nothing further is required.

If things stand still, they die.

He talks of his wife's emphysema, of realising he himself is not invincible, of how singing a particular line in Did Trouble Me catches him: "If I let things stand that shouldn't be," he sings it softly.

At least that is how things stand if you believe Mr Livingstone.

As things stand, if you add up all the things that the 190-plus countries have committed to do as part of that Paris deal, global temperatures will probably go well above 3C, writes Graham Readfearn.

As things stand, if you are a long-term agency worker and pay your taxes, you would perhaps have more luck achieving justice by accusing your employer of breaking an egg at the sharp end than complaining about your rights.

And if that happens, as things stand, we may only have 12 hours to do anything about it.

She said: "As things stand, if you don't want your daily data uploaded you have to opt out.

Another good change: As things stand, if a passenger leaves his seat during that 30-minute period, the plane has to be diverted to another airport.

As things stand, if the government hasn't been able to get its deal agreed in Parliament, they have a couple of weeks to come back and reveal their plan B - the one that Mrs May has been unwilling to share (not surprising when Cabinet leaks like a sieve) and the one that some of her colleagues fear she doesn't actually have.