Sentence examples for minor stands from inspiring English sources

One of the nation's top trial lawyers, Minor stands convicted on partisan political charges ginned up by Rove's right wing toadies at the Department of Justice.

Other minor stands included supporting measures to benefit his district's hemp farmers, voting against giving the president ten more appointments to the U.S. Naval Academy, and opposing funds for a sculpture of George Washington because the sculptor proposed depicting Washington in a toga.

Last year I took a minor stand against the British Board of Film Classification, the UK's de facto film censor and leading publisher of extraordinarily detailed porn tech specs.

Last year I took a minor stand against the British Board of Film Classification, the UK's de facto film censor and leading publisher of extraordinarily detailed porn tech specs.

Don't let something minor stand in your way.

The initiative, which mandates 10 years in prison and permanent expulsion from California for anyone who advocates gay rights to minors, stands no chance of collecting 365,000 valid signatures it needs to appear on next year's ballot.

In front of Athens' Evelpidon courthouse, nine people – most of them minors – stood handcuffed and surrounded by police.

She also helps a new friend get an abortion, solves a minor crime, stands up to her father, sheds her nickname and, as in any classic coming-of-age movie, learns that her family didn't prepare her for life's complications, and that how she responds defines who she will become.

The darkening tone generated by the minor scale stands out among Joplin's rags, and is revisited in the D strain.

Since the Ontario appeals court ruled last Tuesday in favor of same- sex unions, only a few minor hurdles stand in the way of legalizing them throughout Canada.

When asked about the fuel conversion project, the electricity minister, Mr. Samaraie, said only minor issues stood in the way of a return to burning crude at the plant.