In school we learn to quote supposed "authorities" – writers who lend support to our case not simply because of the veracity of their findings or the eloquence they lend to our words but also because they have some kind of recognised standing which we hope to add to our own.
The Chair shall be chosen on the basis of an open selection procedure, on which the European Parliament and the Council shall be kept duly informed, from among individuals of recognised standing and experience in banking and financial matters and who are not members of the Governing Council.
Jürg Frey, whom most festival-goers would have doubtlessly failed to recognise standing by an ATM or eating a chicken biryani, pens understated instrumental miniatures, in which sometimes stock tonal patterns are discreetly turned against themselves – the anticipated resolution of a familiar chord never quite materialising.
Paul has even been recognised while standing at a urinal.
In 2012, when Abbas secured UN observer status for Palestine, the UK refused to follow the 136 other countries which had recognised it, standing loyally by the US.
When Brandis was asked the same question in the estimates hearing, he said he recognised Triggs' standing "as a distinguished international lawyer" and did not want to see her reputation damaged.
As reported by Channel NewsAsia, the Chengdu-based couple were going through old photos earlier this month when the husband recognised himself standing in the corner of his wife's tourist snap at May Fourth Square in Qingdao.
In doing so he recognised the standing of a non-governmental organisation, the World Development Movement, to bring the challenge.
I was tying in to do a second climb when I recognised the man standing belaying next to me, a member of my climbing club who I hadn't run into for five years.
Kris Radlinski scored a brilliant hat-trick, with all three of his tries laid on by Wigan's outstanding hooker Terry Newton, but in reality this win was earned by magnificent defence in the first 10 minutes of the second half, a fact recognised by a standing ovation from the 14,886 crowd.
"He was on the ground holding his chest but it appeared he could not recognise the people standing around him".
