(1) An ancient Roman law made it treason for any general to cross the Rubicon and enter Italy proper with a standing army.

(2) Indonesia saw the peacekeeping force as a standing army ready to go to any embattled country to help to restore civil order.

(3) In the 1850s and 1860s Gladstone emerged as a politician of clear national standing with a reputation for oratory.

(4) If the area has drainage problems, like standing water in winter, mulch isn't going to help alleviate them.

(5) Much has been made recently in the Evening Advertiser and elsewhere of the low standing of Swindon's Social Services Department.

(6) Well, there still may be some pockets of standing water in New Orleans.

(7) NATO is a standing army supervised by its 19 member states, but heavily influenced by the US.

(8) Mold growth should be suspected wherever there are water stains, standing water or moist surfaces.

(9) During almost the entire period, the lack of type continued to be a problem in typesetting, so that working with standing type was almost impossible and every new issue had to be composed anew.

(10) People of lower social standing were respected as valued members of the community.

(11) He shrugged off the first tackle and from a standing start sped through the Brods' defence to score under the posts.

(12) During the Cold War, large standing forces were available to counter the Soviet threat.

(13) Only in Pakistani cricket could someone's reputation and standing undergo the sort of transformation that Waqar Younis has just enjoyed.

(14) The island currently has no standing army, but a unit of the Police Force is assigned to the Regional Security System Unit.

(15) As usual, we had cut our military to the bone and had a standing army of less than 200,000.

(16) University status will strengthen the institute's academic reputation and international standing .

(17) For centuries, spouse selection was subject to family status and social standing .

(18) This lets the vehicle idle and then get going easily from a standing start.

(19) Police say heavy rain and standing water on the road surface may have been a contributory factor in the collision.

(20) How fast can they cover a kilometre on the track from a standing start?