Sentence examples for stand off and from inspiring English sources

With these guns, mounted in faster and handier ships, they planned to stand off and bombard the Spanish ships at long range.

First, a ship that could hit at ranges beyond the capabilities of its enemies could stand off and destroy them at leisure.

This detachment, a rather disarming quality which enables him to stand off and dissect himself, as a player and as a Negro, is one of his most striking characteristics.

But you have to take the game to them and not stand off and let them dictate the pace and tempo of the game.

This marks a rupture with recent gangster films like Killing Them Softly and Standup Guys and 44 Inch Chest and Stand Off and Perrier's Bounty, all of which showcase thoughtful, charismatic hoodlums who have deep existential issues, intellectually arresting thugs who are trying to figure out what life is all about.

There was a stand off and some scuffling.

An efficient dairy system, that implemented a combination of nitrogen (N) leaching mitigation strategies including lower N fertilizer input, standing cows off pasture for part of the day in autumn and winter (stand-off), and importing limited amounts of low protein supplements was evaluated over four consecutive years of a farmlet study.

This provoked a stand-off and she later dropped her case.

Losing star stand-off and captain Kevin Brown for any length of time would be a disaster.

Wigan have brought him from Australia to play stand-off, and his midfield partnership with Farrell will be crucial.

It was a match in which Lockyer, by then stand-off and captain, had a hand or foot in all but one of Australia's tries.