Careful vetting of job applicants goes some way to ensuring that businesses appoint someone with moral stature, and may protect them from fraud.

But that alone would not have accounted for his unmatched moral stature, had it not been combined with a deep reverence for truth and forgiveness in everything he said.

Of her moral stature there can be no question.

This statement means that in judging other men, skin colour should be ignored-that it should not be a factor in evaluating their competence or moral stature.

In addition to his moral stature, he was a man of great physical bearing as well, standing six feet four inches tall.

What he lacks in physical stature, he makes up in musical nobility.

She possessed an imposing physical stature and an astonishing control of posture and gesture, while her face was exceptionally mobile, with superbly expressive eyes.

And his slight physical stature might be matched only by his nondescript looks.

Overall likeability can play a big part and an imposing physical stature and/or facial allure can be big factors - albeit possibly subconscious.

A tweener has a set of skills that do not match the traditional position of his physical stature.

She will have to work awfully hard to overcome her small stature and lack of muscle.

Fortunately, the small stature of modern fruit trees means that you can usually fling a fleece over them when frost threatens.

In the canine world of acting, however, small stature may actually be the recipe for success.

Her geniality and small stature masked a tenacious spirit which had not always been present in her youth, when she dreamt of becoming an opera singer.

Although his small stature and perky manner might have seemed unsuited for the judicial role, he was admirably fitted for the job.