Sentence examples for left standing for from inspiring English sources

The surrounding forest is left standing for many years in order to provide shelter and seed.

Those applying an American mindset of waiting politely on the kerb will be left standing for a very long time.

They had been built as temporary accommodation after the second world war but had been left standing for years.

Some of the laundry's workers, mainly women, were left standing for five hours while others were questioned.

Not that there is any reason to hurry to the end of this book: we all know who's left standing, for example, in the Packard-Cadillac showdown.

Sure, a few financially invulnerable types may be left standing for whom the price is irrelevant, but for most people, price and value are especially important now.

On a quiet residential street in the middle-class neighborhood of Saibag, everything was left standing except for one four-story apartment building that collapsed in a cloud of dust when the earthquake struck.

With desegregation in the 60's, and the formation of magnet themes to attract students, children began to take buses or be driven by their parents -- not a problem if they are dropped off, but serious when cars are parked and left standing illegally for any amount of time.

Military bases are not designed to accommodate journalists - you are left standing there for hours, with no power points or toilets.

Late Sunday, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley, the only two major investment banks left standing, sought for and won approval from the Federal Reserve Board to become bank holding companies.

Then he was told to put on an orange jumpsuit, shackled and left standing around for seven hours before loading onto a bus.