Next to the mishmash of blackened dahlias, nicotiana rose staunchly and the roses that had been buds the day before were unfurling. |
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My friends wore hip huggers and bell-bottoms which I staunchly refused to even consider. |
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Both men vigorously denied any wrongdoing, staunchly defended their men, and aggressively justified the customary practices of the department. |
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There is also a religious justification for the ban in this staunchly Lamaist Buddhist kingdom. |
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He works staunchly within the independent B-movie horror milieu, so you might not be as familiar with his work. |
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Nothing came to symbolise the power of the evangelical movement more than the rise of mega-churches, especially in staunchly Republican areas. |
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The conservatives staunchly supported it and espoused centralism versus federalism. |
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But she carried on staunchly, stout-heartedly, and cheerily, the type that keeps the English home-fires burning, and will continue to do so. |
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Even in a closely divided chamber, he has managed to pass a staunchly conservative agenda. |
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He understood how to leverage support to effect change in a staunchly traditional organization. |
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He has staunchly defended his plan against a torrent of criticism by touting the new anti-fraud technology he said would improve security. |
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Training for the Olympics is a discipline that only the dedicated and staunchly committed can do. |
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They have been making a very public effort to reach out to African Americans, who have for decades voted staunchly Democratic. |
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Those consumers who are staunchly dedicated to good health may find themselves turning to the burgeoning organic industry. |
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Many high-ranking officials in the Guatemalan government were members of religious orders that staunchly uphold the position of the Vatican. |
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Rios Montt staunchly defended his actions against what he termed a deadly enemy, and bristled at the suggestion of genocide. |
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My own opinion was best summed up by the woman with whom I saw the play, a staunchly liberal, theatrically savvy playgoer who, like me, admires Sam Shepard greatly. |
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Even though the shooting took place in the staunchly republican west Belfast, security sources immediately ruled out any Provisional IRA involvement. |
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Watson staunchly supports virtually all lines of DNA research, including controversial ones such as genetic modification of crops and genetic fingerprinting. |
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Strangely for the staunchly Democratic city, there may be a competitive general election in November. |
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We staunchly oppose any negotiation of investments within the World Trade Organization. |
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This hypocritical policy undermines a 2,000-year tradition of Vietnamese Buddhism, which has remained staunchly independent of political powers. |
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A more interventionist approach by the Commission was staunchly opposed by Member States. |
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Gobat staunchly supported the principle of equal pay for men and women, especially in the case of telegraphers. |
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The menu was staunchly Bavarian, and the local beer was on tap. |
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And Gill was probably the greatest Hebraist of the 18th century and staunchly defended biblical inerrancy, and only very rarely pointed out textual problems. |
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Strongly opposed or staunchly in favour, for most, the matter is black and white. |
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Dr. J.T. Francisco was the man who had staunchly maintained to the world that Elvis Presley died of heart failure. |
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And perhaps most enticingly, at least to employees I spoke with, the network would be staunchly nonpartisan. |
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He asked to borrow one of their uniforms, and when they staunchly refused, singh realized that he had run out of all options. |
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By the time Brady arrived, the city was a veritable Tetris game of villas fit into a grid of staunchly protected private estates. |
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The heavily evangelical and staunchly conservative electorate was tailor-made for the ex-Georgia congressman. |
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Plans for a massive renovation of Hong Kong's ageing public housing estates have hit a snag with most tenants at one estate staunchly opposed to the idea. |
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Whereas Wister staunchly believed in the boundless opportunities for individual fortune in the West, Micheaux's attempts at homesteading proved otherwise for him. |
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Perhaps the most staunchly aligned with her early spiritual upbringing is Harris, who credits her mother's Comanche faith with helping her find a sense of identity. |
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This always caused difficulties for the staunchly Protestant La Touche family who at various times prevented the two from meeting. |
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The inevitable consequence was that they were misemployed by a staunchly traditional Admiralty, unwilling to accept the need for change. |
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The waistband, cuffs, and pockets are lined in Fire Hose canvas for durability, while the bartacked back pockets staunchly resist rip outs. |
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Frank and Bertrand were placed in the care of their staunchly Victorian paternal grandparents, who lived at Pembroke Lodge in Richmond Park. |
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The Whigs generally favored lenient treatment of the colonists short of independence while the Tories staunchly upheld the rights of Parliament. |
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Discussions in the Employment Committee on the Commission document showed that Member States are staunchly opposed to a Commission action plan and timetable for the preparation of local action plans. |
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Although their traditional opponents, the Conservatives, were all but annihilated, they now confront an avowedly separatist opposition party with the staunchly right-wing Reform party as a close third. |
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In the eyes of the FCFA, which has unwaveringly and staunchly protected the rights of Francophone and Acadian communities since 1975, we have come a long way and should be proud of that. |
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True patriotism is not the emotional luxury of vanity expressing itself in flag-waving, but a sentiment that expresses itself as a share in collective life, standing staunchly for the good principles of one's country. |
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She was staunchly against forming any sort of emotional bonds at work. |
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One issue between them has been Gergiev's attempt to subsume the academy under the umbrella organisation of the Mariinksy, something that the Vaganova has staunchly resisted. |
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Whereas Reed suggested that the Party might reword the plank while remaining staunchly pro-life, Bay made it clear that any such attempt would be met with bitter resistance. |
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We shall staunchly oppose this anti-democratic manoeuvre. |
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London says it will not do so against the wishes of Gibraltarians, who are staunchly pro-British. |
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The Huns fell upon the Thervingi, whose staunchly pagan ruler, Athanaric, sought refuge in the mountains. |
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My delegation supports the Secretary-General's call for increased and more effective aid, openness to trade and improved governance, including respect for the rule of law, all of which Mongolia staunchly advocates. |
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At all times he staunchly defended the Assembly's positions before the Committee of Ministers, even though this was not to the liking of many of them. |
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Thomas H. Huxley stood staunchly on the ground that the great steps in the world's progress have been made and will be made by men who seek knowledge simply because they crave for it. |
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Cochran's victory over Chris McDaniel, a staunchly conservative state senator, was far from decisive and appeared to rely on Democratic-leaning African American voters crossing over to vote in the Republican primary. |
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Holder's Justice Department recently threw leftist attorney Lynne Stewart in prison and threatened to extend her sentence by 28 more years for staunchly defending her client, who was accused of terrorist activities. |
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It is staunchly pro-US, but has a sometimes defiant stance towards other European partners, which has created tensions in the past with the EU and neighbouring Germany. |
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They escaped injury when five shots were fired through the living room window in Quickthorn Place in the staunchly Protestant Harper's Hill estate. |
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The front bar is small and staunchly traditional while the larger rear bar, with its own servery and leather seating, houses a dartboard at the far end. |
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Although the vast majority of Irish people consented to participate in the war in 1914 and 1915, a minority of advanced Irish nationalists staunchly opposed taking part. |
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