Sentence examples for usual standbys of from inspiring English sources

THERE are the usual standbys, of course.

The couple were looking for an alternative to the usual standbys of bake sales and candy sales.

The device was kept in its usual standby mode.

The puzzle involves those standbys of probability professors coins, both fair and biased.

You might go with the originals, or go with some standbys of the skate genre.

At its heart are remade pasajes, half-century-old covered arcades that until recently were run-down afterthoughts selling the usual cheapie standbys and pharmaceuticals.

Chelsea Square Restaurant (368 West 23rd Street; 212-691-5400) lies in the heart of Manhattan's Chelsea neighbourhood and features many Greek dishes among the usual diner standbys.

Expecting a flood of nervous phone calls, the mutual fund giant put 200 employees on standby to support its usual staff of 100 telephone representatives.

Take, for example, that old standby of conservatives: denouncing Big Government.

The Internet forum, that great old standby of Web 1.0., has become an endangered species.

How different from that standby of predictability, the pendulum.