Example sentences of "stand out against the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What is worse is that the caravans are painted white so that they stand out against the green landscape . |
| 2 | It was a large split-level home , with unexpected staircases going , it seemed , in all directions , their wrought-iron banisters standing out against the pale-yellow broadloom which covered both stairs and floors throughout the house . |
| 3 | He was a fiery character of immense stubbornness who stood out against the new plans to merge his land into a co-operative pool that would benefit everyone . |
| 4 | The grass was shrivelled and blackened and the leafless branches stood out against the grey morning and seemed to reach skeletal fingers towards them . |
| 5 | Robert Walker , a soldier in uniform , was fighting his way through the crowd , a bunch of flowers and a marriage licence in his hand , wading against the human tide to the shining spot under the clock where Judy Garland stood , dressed in angelic white that stood out against the drab extras , waiting anxiously . |
| 6 | Several old barges , beached deliberately years before in an attempt to slow down the river bank erosion , stood out against the moonlit water like defiant skeletons . |