Sentence examples for improve our standing from inspiring English sources
Conventional discoveries and unconventional extractions (like shale oil) would improve our standing somewhat, but OPEC's easily extracted oil makes its members the undisputed kings of crude.
A new study suggests it's because the rumors, innuendo and hearsay are ultimately all about us -- where we rate in the unofficial local hierarchy, and how we might improve our standing.
While the data I'm reporting here may portray alarmingly hostile attitudes toward the U.S., my experience with the region (I have been to Egypt eight times and we have done extensive polling in the Middle East for more than 10 years) makes me feel we can improve our standing with Egyptians and be a seen allies in a new, more democratic nation.
But refusing to take responsibility for our own history will not improve our standing in the Muslim world.
Happily, many of the interventions we should make to maintain and enhance our quality of life will also improve our standing in global and national arenas.
The reason we need to solve the Palestinian conflict is not because it would substantially improve our standing in the world.
Speaking of, Emanuel asserts that torture has been a) banned to provide for a more effective anti-terror policy, b) improves our standing with the world we want and need to help fight terror, and c) didn't expose anything our enemies didn't already suspect.
"It's great that the British Sailing Team has been competing for medals in five classes coming into the last day, although it's slightly disappointing that we didn't manage to improve our standings in the medal races.
"We've slowly improved our standing in the game over a number of years, we're currently doing pretty well in the Premiership and are in the Champions Cup, so we feel pretty good about ourselves.
"This season, we tied our win total at 19, improved our standing in league by one, from third place to second, improved our depth in CIF, from first round to second round," Mark Lewis said.
Nor would I wish that more premature babies died to improve our international standing.
