We simply cannot stand idly by and allow that to happen.
I do not believe that responsible nations should stand idly by while others suffer or die from oppression, invasion or hunger.
However, farmers are not just sitting idly by in the hope that something will turn up.
We would not stand idly by and not make representations were such a position to arise.
I am certain that our industries, both large and small, will not sit idly by.
We do not want to get into a deflationary period again by talking idly or too gloomily about these defence cuts.
Could we have sat idly by and done nothing about that?
They are not going to stand idly by and see their wives and children suffer as they suffer to-day.
