Sentence examples for stand on matters from inspiring English sources

Funnily enough, when Joubert refereed the England-Ireland match at Twickenham a fortnight ago, he was equally disinclined to take a firm stand on matters at the set-piece.

In my case (I am now 60) the party seeks to prevent my candidacy in the next European election, merely for making a stand on matters of personal conscience.

The MoveOn.org ads, said Martin D. Franks, an executive vice president of CBS News, took a stand on "matters of the public debate where there are discernible sides, and we don't want those who have deep pockets to have an undue influence on the debate.

It is a pity that this spineless bunch did not have the courage to make a stand on matters of greater importance such as the illegal invasion of Iraq, PFI schemes, privatisation etc. Tony Borton Southend, Essex I have to assume Labour has lost the will to live.

Google tells me "We support our LGBT [Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender] employees in a number of ways — in taking a stand on matters of policy, putting programs in place that support Gayglers (Gay Googlers) and their families, and hosting and sponsoring events and programs around the world to continue the discussion on equality".

Today, taking a stand on matters considerably less consequential than war and peace can put a college president's job in jeopardy.

After all, when a Labour foreign secretary praises China for its wonderful capitalism (with no trade unions to hinder the plutocrats), economics are clearly no longer a test of where one stands on matters right and left.

It would have been interesting to hear a speaker or two speculate on where Dr. King might have stood on matters that do not lend themselves to easy certitudes.

Only Santorum appeared unchanged, and I'd be tempted to say he cut a deal with the devil were it not so clear where he stands on matters satanic.

On Thursday, October 23, Senator Rand Paul--a widely rumored 2016 Republican presidential candidate--traveled to New York City and attempted to explain clearly and definitively where he stands on matters of U.S. foreign policy and national security.

Precisely where the great German philosophers Immanuel Kant (1724-1824) and Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) stond on matters of doing and being is the subject of many an abstruse scholarly text.