After that, a standby list is picked in case of defections or switches to other races.

The girl stared into his frantic eyes and said, "I'll put you on top of the standby list."

After five months I was doing so well they put me on a standby list for a new heart.

There is also a standby list for youth not officially on a team but interested in shooting.

The standby list will be used to fill any future vacancies on a team.

He should have been put on the standby list.

"There's a vast gulf between their top-tier players and those on the standby list"

This avoids the uncertainty of the standby list, the carrier said yesterday.

We put our names on the standby list for one that left in a couple of hours.

We arrived at the counter more than two hours before departure time but were placed on the standby list.