Example sentences of "stand back from the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Arts : Lenny stands back from the brink of bathos |
| 2 | THE CATHEDRAL at Lyon stands back from the bank of the Saone , and , from the other side of the river , is half hidden by bland blocks of flats . |
| 3 | We had to stand back from the edge of the pavement as their wheels splashed along the teeming gutters . |
| 4 | In practice it is not always easy to stand back from the mass of information and choose a main message and a few submessages . |
| 5 | Here he was able to stand back from the onrush of western man and ask himself the real questions of life and meaning ; get his young life , full and successful as it had been , into perspective . |
| 6 | That demanded constant attention , and yet the Prime Minister must also be able to stand back from the pressure of events and think about the future . |
| 7 | As always when drawing , I stand back from the piece at regular intervals to get an overall feel as to how the drawing is developing , and to see if it is uniform in shade and texture . |
| 8 | As always when drawing , I stand back from the piece at regular intervals to get an overall feel as to how the drawing is developing , and to see if it is uniform in shade and texture . |
| 9 | And what this section will do is stand back from the particularity of today ( though continuing to use it as an example ) and ask why economies develop such geographical variation and why their geographies are subject to change . |
| 10 | Standing back from the road in its own grounds , it commanded an extensive view of the sea to the south and the patchwork of stone walls and green fields to the north . |
| 11 | The Laurels was a very nice house on the edge of the town standing back from the road in a large garden . |