Sentence examples for think to stand from inspiring English sources

But will his father think to stand down?

She has already signalled she could be persuaded (nice choice of words, I think) to stand as vice president.

On Mr. Obama: It's time for the president, I think, to stand up and lead and tell this country what we should do.

Leaders wanting to put them into practice must not only be prepared to change the way they think; to stand out from their peers; but also to face down suspicion if not outright opposition from those — including regulators, civil servants and politicians — who command power and resources and are firmly wedded to a very different set of ideas.

Citigroup has been thought to stand on a higher level.

What a thrill, he thinks, to stand lecturing before a roomful of American students.

It had the hopeful initials WC – thought to stand for William Chambers, the architect of the pagoda.

(There has also been some inconsistency regarding what the sankofa, thought to stand for a West African proverb, means.

One potential sticking point had been BA's burgeoning pension deficit, which is thought to stand at about £3bn.

By the end of 1968, as Lane notes, "total readership of the trilogy was thought to stand at around fifty million".

By the end of 1968, total readership of the trilogy was thought to stand at around fifty million.