Example sentences of "stand [adv prt] from the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Civil Service have conceded fewer goals than any other team in the division , and had Howell not taken the decision to stand down from the top flight , he could have been elevated to the Scottish senior international training squad this summer . |
| 2 | Dick Hebdige stands back from the virtual war |
| 3 | An imposing large house stands back from the main road , known as Thorne Hall , dated 1881 . |
| 4 | Towards the back , the bright lime green of Robinia frisia , the false acacia that Tricia planted fairly recently , stands out from the darker greens , |
| 5 | Yucca elephantipes stands out from the common herd with care |
| 6 | Another type of chart helps parents begin to stand back from the emotional reactions they have and see what is happening with their child . |
| 7 | Only by trying to stand back from the daily grind and reviewing one 's long term goals can such opposition be slowly undermined . |
| 8 | The latter allows both parties a chance to stand back from the daily routine and take a harder look at overall performance . |
| 9 | The Thief has to wear something which makes her stand out from the other Brownies . |
| 10 | As ever , the knack is to make yourself stand out from the corporate crowd . |
| 11 | The lines of the images stand out from the high quality Montval paper and are accompanied by a braille text . |
| 12 | One difference between the pub and the rest of the street was that the brickwork had been painted cream which made it stand out from the long façade of varying shades of red or grey . |
| 13 | The human will could not stand back from the Great Battle raging in its own soul as well as in the world at large : it had to choose to contend either for God or the Devil . |
| 14 | If these are the lessons of prudence , then standing back from the official portrait of crime and criminals and looking at it critically might be a very beneficial move towards getting our heads straight . |
| 15 | Both require standing back from the day-to-day running of the organisation and examining the wider picture . |
| 16 | At whatever level it manifests itself , leadership is concerned with standing back from the day-to-day routine of affairs . |
| 17 | Standing back from the main road , surrounded by green grass , was the memorial to those men of the village and the surrounding hamlets who had died during the Great War , and behind the memorial was the primary school which I was going to join in the course of the next few days . |
| 18 | With its splashes of red standing out from the swirling whiteness of the snowstorm , this tableau combines the decorative and the dramatic in a manner reminiscent of the finest Japanese prints . |
| 19 | He stood off from the left-hand window and kicked the big bottom pane , pulling his foot back before it interrupted the fall of glass , then kicked again to clear the residue . |
| 20 | She stood out from the general run of Tory women like a Bird of Paradise in Trafalgar Square . |
| 21 | Only his bright red lips and large blue eyes stood out from the general blackness . |
| 22 | Peter admired her for it ; he liked the way she stood out from the other wives . |
| 23 | The East Anglians stood out from the local people , both by reason of their speech and their dress . |
| 24 | Gilbert finally stood back from the portable machine on the floor . |
| 25 | She did not see him at once , as he stood back from the coiling smoke . |