Example sentences of "stands [adv prt] [prep] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Margaret Thatcher stands down before the next election , as most voters appear to believe she should , Michael Heseltine is the popular choice to succeed her as Conservative leader , according to the opinion polls . |
| 2 | Junior Bent ( Bristol City , 12.06 ) , Efan Ekoku ( Bournemouth , 12.07 ) , Adrian Littlejohn ( Sheff Utd , 12.08 ) , Iffy Onuora ( Huddersfield 12.09 ) , Keith Curle ( Man City , 12.10 ) , Rod McDonald ( Walsall , 12.18 ) , Tony Witter ( QPR , 12.19 ) and John Goodman ( Millwall , 12.40 ) , and late replacements Vance Warner ( Nottm Forest ) and Michael Brown ( Bolton ) , who stands in for the injured Stuart Storer ( 12.17 ) . |
| 3 | Man stands over against the awful otherness of God , by which his own existence is challenged , questioned and judged ; but in faith he finds the power nonetheless to live in that encounter with God by which each present moment becomes a meeting with eternity . |
| 4 | Helen chose a small-patterned carpet that stands up to the combined wear and tear of two dogs , two cats and three children . |
| 5 | Dick Hebdige stands back from the virtual war |
| 6 | An imposing large house stands back from the main road , known as Thorne Hall , dated 1881 . |
| 7 | But for such degenerates as Cade , or these two , Shakespeare can also deprive his prose of rhythm , make it flaccid , shapeless , a difficult mouthful to get out : Caliban 's verse stands out with the greater force , cured as he now is of his delusions : But — so at least the juxtaposition suggests — that is in part the judgement that verse can make over prose . |
| 8 | As a result of the rebellion in 1745 , there was no election in the burgh of Montrose , and indeed there may well have been no elections in a number of other burghs , but Montrose stands out for the following reason . |
| 9 | ‘ Rover stands out for the dogged determination with which its faced a world recession , for introducing an ever wider range of quality cars and for the spectacular success of Land Rover ’ |
| 10 | That day still stands out as the greatest day in my football life . ’ |
| 11 | As we shall see more clearly after studying Chaucer 's other fabliaux and uses of fabliau , the Shipman 's Tale stands out as the particular instance when Chaucer uses a fabliau to place fabliau in a critical light , examining fabliau as an extant genre rather than exploiting it for some other purpose . |
| 12 | Although in that same table value for money stands out as the biggest area of dissatisfaction , only a minority of 16 per cent rated it negatively . |
| 13 | Towards the back , the bright lime green of Robinia frisia , the false acacia that Tricia planted fairly recently , stands out from the darker greens , |
| 14 | Yucca elephantipes stands out from the common herd with care |