21.   We want them levelling and we are standing firm together.

22.   Also today, French President Jacques Chirac urged EU nations to stand firm against the Boeing deal.

23.   Although they have stood firm against extraditing bin Laden in the past, Zehra said this time Pakistan has tried to make them understand the severe consequences.

24.   And if he can stand firm on making the country better, he may well continue to play a positive public role in shaping the future.

25.   And he stood firm, telling the president that was one line he could not cross.

26.   And, for the most part, in California, elected and appointed officials have stood firm in upholding a law that a vast majority of voters passed.

27.   Are you willing to stand firm with your convictions, your principles?

28.   As for Robitaille, he stood firm before his locker-room interrogators today and blithely denied any trepidation about his imminent reappearance at the Garden.

29.   As his country descended into nightmarish chaos, a defiant Berisha appeared to be standing firm, ignoring demands from the people and politicians that he resign.

30.   As usual, both sides vowed to stand firm.