For 40 years they were treated as the most important class, on which the whole system of the state stood.

On the far side of the room stood a standard food-synthesizing system.

But the system could stand some improving on other levels, he added.

The lords of thought had believed this system stood alone.

So much hate that his system could not stand the conflict.

The Augustinian system had stood for over a thousand years.

Maryland's system stands as an international model for emergency medicine.

He added: "As the system stands at the moment, if this went ahead, it would cost us £2.5 billion."

"I don't know if my system can stand it," he said.

Never has there been a moment when the American political system stood less in need of parody.