Sentence examples for stood for a year from inspiring English sources

A cross made of steel beams from the World Trade Center that has stood for a year at ground zero will be considered for inclusion in a permanent memorial to the victims of the attack on the World Trade Center, officials overseeing the rebuilding of Lower Manhattan said today.

Officials at both Cooper Union and CityArts, the nonprofit group that sponsored the mural, said the two had originally agreed that "Forever Tall" would stand for a year.

But the others simply name a roster and let it stand for a year.

The 12 semicircular arches of portland stone, rising in a graceful camber over the river, set a high standard of engineering and architectural achievement for the next generation and stood for a hundred years.

The ruins of Kilwa Kisiwani, a city that was founded in the ninth century in what is now Tanzania and stood for a thousand years, may be washed away before anyone gets around to excavating them.

The current record has stood for a few years and hopefully this year, we or another team break it.

One of the largest and most elaborate private houses ever built in the city, it stood for a mere 10 years.

"It [the record] has stood for a long number of years - too long," he said.

"It has for a number of years stood for a premium service premium food at a premium price".

Utilities' demand records used to stand for a few years before being broken, but no longer.

From the full context, it's clear that McCain's political judgment is that the American public would not stand for a hundred years' war.