They're not going to sit by and watch themselves be put out of economic business, as it were, by being deprived of their labor force.

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When the Pelosi video was released, I simply could not sit by and watch personal attacks being levied by my own party without speaking out.

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It is by no means an easy goal, nor is its success ensured, but the majority of Syrian women I have met over the last two years through my reporting are not going to sit silently by and watch while their freedoms are stolen from them or their future dictated to them.

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But with its creamy tiles and Moorish mosaics, it is still a great place to sit and watch the world - and the trams - go by, though the prices are no longer revolutionary.

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The world was quickly changing, and none of us was willing to sit and just watch it go by.

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The world was quickly changing and none of us were willing to sit and just watch it go by.

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On Brighton's Palace Pier, where the Noble Organisation has invested in a dazzling array of slot machines and fairground rides, entry is free, as are deckchairs in which to sit and watch the sights of London-by-the-sea.

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Bell relates how he likes to sit in his living room and watch as a lifetime of photographs are snatched by the program from his huge library and played in a slideshow on his 50-inch plasma television.

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