The safer bet, perhaps, is to stand by for future revisions to that forecast.
Stand by for more tomorrow on the future significance of oil under Scottish waters.
Before then stand by for numerous campaigns on behalf of this or that lobby group.
But if the deal is a cross-border merger, and the target is French, stand by for fireworks.
The Air Force was asked to stand by for possible mercy flights, but its planes are old and of dubious airworthiness.
Stand by for some quite possible bed-hopping by the Christian Democrats too.
Stand by for the latest utterances of the IMF about the state of the UK economy to be scoured for evidence of support for the government's Plan A or backing for Labour's calls for a Plan B.
Rather than stand by Netanyahu for his concessions, Clinton and the Israeli Left joined hands to defeat him in the 1999 elections.
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The 21-year-old, still on stand-by for the Lions tour, has overcome a serious ankle injury but was omitted by England boss Martin Johnson on grounds of form.
"Baking a digital cupcake on a touch screen in the Dreamhouse kitchen won't confine you to stand by an oven for the rest of your life, " he said.
Amid worries about whether the new IT system being set up to process payments will be able to cope, the report calls for more details about stand-by arrangements if systems crash and for ministers to consider creating an ombudsman to deal with complaints.
And I'm not going to stand for balancing the budget by denying or reducing health care for poor children or those with disabilities.
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Stand by, therefore, for another round of creative destruction in the field of information technology.
Just last week, President Bush said he would stand by his defense secretary for his final two years in office.
However, in too many cases, this circumstance is the result of potential beneficiaries being actively discouraged from signing up by states who stand to financially benefit by making it difficult for potential enrollees to get in the program.
He is not in it for himself and firmly believes he is called by a higher power to stand up for the little guy.
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Mr Farage did stand for the Eastleigh by-election in 1994 so he knows the turf.
France's disgraced ex-budget minister Jerome Cahuzac, who stood down when he was found to have an undeclared Swiss bank account, says he will not stand in a by-election for his old seat.
If the job doesn't require replacing the entire sink or create the potential for broader damage to house, we will tackle it ourselves (or rather Clay will tackle it, and I will stand by nervously as he shouts for tools from under the sink).
And we have forged a new beginning between America and the Muslim world -- one that recognizes our mutual interest in breaking a cycle of conflict, and that promises a future in which those who kill innocents are isolated by those who stand up for peace and prosperity and human dignity.
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Those who seek peace cannot stand idly by as nations arm themselves for nuclear war.
Too many in this country are hurting for us to stand by and do nothing.
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We have given millions of our fellow citizens the benefit of government informed by the things we stand for.
Both coalition partners feel the need to create some clear blue water between them by redefining what they stand for.
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