stand idly by

The most important of issues is who made them stand idly by?

We cannot stand idly by and let this practice continue.

We cannot stand idly by in the face of such events.

They aren't going to stand idly by while all this goes on.

Of course, Europe cannot stand idly by, just as it could not in the past.

Yet the world has stood idly by and allowed it to happen.

The Commission must not stand idly by in a situation of this kind.

But he was certainly never an advocate of standing idly by.

We cannot stand idly by and watch while at least six million students drop out of European schools each year.

We stood idly by for too long after the referendum.

"But I can't stand idly by when the kids are in trouble."

We must not stand idly by and allow our own government to block social progress.

The security chief walked over to an aide, who stood idly by a computer board.

I must stress that European organisations are not standing idly by.

"We cannot stand idly by and watch the medical center deteriorate before our very eyes."

I am afraid we have all stood idly by for far too long."

We could have stood idly by, as you did.

A caring society does not stand idly by when its members harm themselves.

We do not want to stand idly by and do nothing.

What sort of man was I to stand idly by and allow my beloved to suffer so?

If you throw your support behind one political faction, the others won't just stand idly by.

Consumers are not going to stand idly by as companies try to squeeze them off the Internet.

In it, the statement wrote "We cannot stand idly by.

But he could not stand idly by while this disaster loomed.

He was a hero, and as such wasn't used to standing idly by while friends did battle, possibly to the death.