Emergency calls for Search and Rescue teams who are on standby duty.

For some of the crew, the past three days of standby duty and communications blackout have been a welcome break.

I'd never had this kind of long-term standby duty.

The remaining 12 are needed for rotation in Iraq or standby duty related to North Korea.

It would be one of those annoying deals where you're on standby duty simply because you happen to be around.

It seemed to be a nightly routine to pass the boring hours of standby duty.

The original Pigeon House generators remained on standby duty until 1976.

My third point concerns standby duty, i.e. the time during which drivers must be ready to take up work.

The Commission will shortly propose the standby duties to the Council.

He had expected her to pull her weight on the conun-board, and perhaps do standby duty at Weapons.