Sentence examples for stand by ready from inspiring English sources

The chances of success are greatly improved if the United States and other major democratic nations stand by ready to help.

Some researchers say that utilities pay billions a year to power plants to stand by, ready to produce extra power or to provide small quantities of energy to maintain the frequency of the system at precisely 60 cycles a second.

For a long time, I liked to think there would some day be a person called the Google, a mixture of a researcher, an assistant and a butler, who would stand by ready to ride to the rescue at all Google moments.

Especially when the EPA's kept researchers stand by ready to produce scare studies on EPA money (see box, p. 172).

I find that the most fruitful opportunities come during technical meetings, at which it is possible to hear dozens of talks and examine hundreds of posters as the authors stand by, ready to answer questions.

"We're going stand by, ready to support their needs and see what their outcome is," Enrico Dinges, a Sodexo spokesman said.

At Fort Bragg, North Carolina, 15,000 Special Forces troops, dubbed STRICOM, were placed on stand-by, ready to be airlifted at the first sign of trouble.

In general, reactive behavior seems to be due to the self-understanding of the organization since it has to be lightly "proactive" when it is permanently on stand-by, ready for an alarm and ready to act.

Armed guards stood by, ready to try to shoot anyone who dared attempt the bank's precious vault.

But Alvarenga looked much weaker on Thursday during a brief public appearance at the hotel, and had to be assisted into the room by two people while others stood by ready to help.

Selig would be hard pressed to tell Twins fans that he is eliminating their team while an ardent suitor stood by ready to take over the team and, he says, build a new park.