Sentence examples for proper stand from inspiring English sources

But Chelsea in particular have nothing to lose here in taking a proper stand and going above and beyond the call of duty, not least when the club captain's ban for using racist language – repeatedly denied, but never really explained – provides an unfortunate answering echo.

But there are comparatively few Brits who make the leap to doing a "proper" stand-up movie.

Novelists everywhere lament the diminished prospects for the proper, stand-alone novel, though this is a whole lot of foolishness.

However, you have to differentiate between stand-ups and character comedians – I don't think there are that many proper stand-up female comedians.

Aside from a previous warm-up spot for Simon Amstell (also on tonight's bill and still a delight despite a sluggish performance), this show was supposed to be Hynes's first proper stand-up gig.

"I currently hold the record on all five courses in Golden Tee 2004 [a proper, stand-up, 50p-a-go, computer game, we are assuming] at my local in Washington, DC.

The organization has taken many proper stands against racism and hate groups, but like most organizations, has had an imperfect past.

"We supported the government's efforts to advance an arrangement with the Palestinians and neighboring countries, but we did not think it proper to stand with a stopwatch regarding this complex process.

And don't think fighting back is rude in fact, it's only proper to stand up for yourself when your "friends" take jabs at you this way.

The lifters' job is to 1)help you into the proper keg stand position 2)help you stay there 3)help you get down fairly gracefully when you're done.

"I bought a separate computer just for the show, and some proper mic stands".