Sentence examples for military stand from inspiring English sources

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Photograph: Joe Raedle/Getty Images 2.50pm GMT Members of the military stand next to empty seats before the presidential inauguration.

The pro-Mubarak lot, of course, have sticks and stones, and swords and chains and dogs and trucks and … the military stand by and do nothing.

Last night, a few meters from where Napoleon made his last military stand, I watched the Greeks, who had been supposed to go out of this tournament in the same first wave as Latvia.

In the case of the insurrection, Mr. Crocker was referring to critics who say that after the first President Bush publicly encouraged the Iraqis to rise up, he then let the American military stand by when Mr. Hussein's forces lashed out at them with attack helicopters at the end of the war.

Even the most outspoken among the retired military, stand silent when it comes to espousing their us The soldier in the field today, lives with the knowledge that his government is unlikely to accord him the maximum support... Another deprivation suffered by soldiers of both sides is that they are not necessarily fighting for victory - that the true purpose of the fight is negotiated peace.

The surgeons around the patient straightened up in an almost military stand-at-attention stance.

Of course, the cold war was also a classic military stand-off which ended when the Soviet block finally threw off communism.

A WEEK after it began, the diplomatic and military stand-off between Colombia and its neighbours ended in scenes reminiscent of a Latin-American soap opera.

It is unknown whether the supposed leader of the Shabab, the 34-year-old Moktar Ali Zubeyr, better known as Godane, or the powerful figure of Moktar Robow, who controls much of the south-central area, is remotely amenable to negotiation.At present, Somalia faces a military stand-off.

But despite being on military stand-by, the language emanating from Paris appeared to suggest the French government is keen to allow time to fully weigh up intervention options as well as allow the UN expert team time to conclude their report.