Example sentences of "stand up to the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bauhaus ' ‘ Dark Entries ’ remains a ferocious blue ( black ) print ; Danse Society 's ‘ We 're So Happy ’ is surprisingly epic and coolly resonant ; and mid-'80s music hall like X-Mal Deutschland , Sex Gang Children , Specimen and Alien Sex Fiend stands up to the test of time . |
| 2 | Bob Murray finds out how well a big green luxury saloon stands up to the strain of chauffeuring a discerning family of four around France |
| 3 | He was the first commoner to stand up to the might of the king . |
| 4 | But what a pity that , when the heat was on — when the law of the land was being challenged by Labour councillors up and down the country , and by Members of Parliament — the Opposition Front Bench was found wanting , and failed to stand up to the rule of law . |
| 5 | ‘ If you wanted to find out how an astronaut 's body was likely to stand up to the strain of living on a very , very heavy planet , is there some way of testing it before actually visiting the planet ? ’ |
| 6 | In fairness , more than a very few did stand up to the committee in spite of the danger to their swimming pools and their popularity . |
| 7 | Indeed the habits of our civilised forebears at work and play would not always stand up to the scrutiny of the modern conscience . |
| 8 | Julia flinched as she heard that and wondered how she herself would have stood up to the kind of life Raffaella was describing . |
| 9 | He retreated to the deepest part and stood up to the chest in filth , weeping . |