Sentence examples for they stand down from inspiring English sources

He said, "When I come on, they stand down".

"So when faced with people actually committed to fighting" — the former rebels who make up the Republican Forces — "it's not that surprising they stand down," Dr. McGovern said.

To the surprise of senior figures in the main parties, Kelly is to cut back the payments made to MPs when they stand down from parliament.

But we can step up the bombing of Libyan military units (arguably necessary to protect civilians), making clear to those units that unless they stand down, they will be destroyed.

MPs are to lose generous "golden goodbye" payments of up to £64,000 when they stand down from the Commons under sweeping reforms to the system of parliamentary expenses.

"I personally am always of the view when ministers face very serious allegations that seem to have some strength to them, then it's better that they stand down from their ministerial post while that investigation takes place," he said.

When the U.S. stood down, they stood down, and any chance of stopping Assad was likely lost for good.

They stood down in December after that government fell in an election fraud scandal.

It also revealed that it needed bodyguards during the libel trial and that they stood down after a day.

It's right they stood down but it's astonishing they were there in the first place".

(South Peer Worker) In the London site Peer Workers could feel disempowered by the working arrangements: You end up feeling powerless a lot of the time because of how things are set up. (London Peer Worker) The step-up, step-down was supposed to be empowering to people, so they could stand down when they didn't feel able to work.