Example sentences of "do not stand [adv prt] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless Dynamius accused Theodore of plotting against Guntram , had him arrested and sent to the king for trial ; again the accusations did not stand up to scrutiny . |
| 2 | The assertion , by Mr Guy Woodall , 37 , of Leatherhead , Surrey , that his sparkling British drink was the 400-year-old tradition known as elderflower champagne did not stand up to analysis , said counsel Mr Nicolas Bragge . |
| 3 | Assessment shows that the rhetoric of community involvement did not stand up to examination in the way that bids were compiled . |
| 4 | But this intuition does not stand up to inspection . |
| 5 | Its contents are hard to classify , and its quality is hard to define : it is a good-bad play , which does not stand up to examination once it is over but provides some striking effects while it lasts . |
| 6 | Many people wake up in the night with a wonderful " eureka " idea which does not stand up to examination in the cold light of morning . |
| 7 | Given his concern with the exchange rate , the argument does not stand up to analysis . |