Sentence examples for policy stood from inspiring English sources

This policy stood virtually unthreatened for more than three decades.

It looked as though MPs, indeed the whole of the political class, could leave Westminster with a reasonable idea of where policy stood.

Mr. Bush's approval rating on foreign policy stood at 39percentt, about where it has been for the last three months.

During the board meeting one citizen (a supporter of ending the busing policy) stood up to remind the crowd (which seemed heavily in favour of retaining the current programme) that elections matter.

– Glenn Collins The New York Post: On the 10th anniversary of the ban on smoking in New York City restaurants and bars, the owners of the Old Town Bar, who had been some of the most vocal critics of the policy, stood with Mayor Bloomberg at a press conference and said the ban had actually helped business.

Thatcher became shadow environment secretary but, angered by what she saw as Heath's U-turns on Conservative economic policy, stood against him for the Tory leadership in 1975.

One policy stands head and shoulders above all others.

Its policy stands for simony, larceny, mayhem and nepotism.

That makes Microsoft's new policy stand out as being particularly generous.

We'll get a sense of the impact Federal regulation and government policy stands to have.

And so while I understand the linkage for us, the policy stands on its own.