Example sentences of "stood the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was their central point and they found evidence to support it which has stood the test of time . |
| 2 | Overall , however , it has stood the test of time surprisingly well when we consider how little information on pre-capitalist systems they disposed of . |
| 3 | POLLOCK had stood the art of painting on its head , reversed it , negated it . |
| 4 | While the Three Pillars have stood the test of time , there has always been controversy about their relative importance , and hence about the allocation of resources between them . |
| 5 | He could have stood the writing as long as she had looked up to him for guidance like one of his young workshop pupils . |
| 6 | I feared in Rome I detected a great change for the worse , but she has stood the journey well , better than might have been expected , and now , if all remains serene , we may see her build up again . ’ |
| 7 | I could n't have stood the scene had I refused — and then I forgot to remove it once I started to stalk . ’ |
| 8 | The fact that they can do this is perhaps the chief reason why Britain 's constitutional arrangements have stood the test of centuries . |
| 9 | Rob 's trout rod had stood the sternest test . |
| 10 | Finally , there are two general principles of delegation that have certainly stood the test of time . |
| 11 | A standard technique that has stood the test of time is to analyse all paper work crossing your desk over a period of say a month . |
| 12 | Changes in the economy and in the make-up of industry have stood the logic of the original legislation on its head . |
| 13 | Of all JTR 's contemporary Brother Brushes the one that has stood the test of time in not just an historical context is William McTaggart . |
| 14 | Capped at Under 21 level for England , Andy 's powerful and creative displays have stood the Palace in fine stead and he has again become a great favourite with our supporters , while his long-throw technique , developed largely during our first season back in the top flight , added another potent weapon to our armoury . |
| 15 | But this simplistic account of that crucial phase of evolution has not stood the test of modern investigation . |
| 16 | Unfortunately the detailed work on which that revision is itself based has only been published in Soviet journals in Russian , so has not stood the test of scrutiny by Western astronomers . |
| 17 | I think he had a little corner in his heart for me but if we had got together and he had gone off with someone else I could n't have stood the hurt and humiliation . |
| 18 | Tins if originally opened upside down , can be stood the right way up on shelves to look unused , provided that rough and dangerous edges are made quite safe first . |
| 19 | The owner of Stonegate Teddy Bears Kevin Scott said : ‘ They are an early 20th century phenomenon which has stood the test of time and which are now as popular as ever . ’ |
| 20 | A bottom drain is something which has stood the test of time too . |
| 21 | She knew Maisie 's mother from the days when she had stood the Wednesday market along with other farmers ' wives , but had never met Len Brayton , the girl 's father . |
| 22 | Dating from 1892 , ‘ Sutton Globe ’ has stood the test of time and is still offered by the company |
| 23 | This description actually appeared 100 years later , for ‘ Sutton Globe ’ has stood the test of time and still appears in the latest catalogue . |
| 24 | Its therapies have stood the test of time and are as effective today as they were two hundred years ago . |
| 25 | Andrew Jones and Ray Merry experimented with air-filled kite shapes as students and after many frustrations , evolved the Flexifoil which like the Powell , has stood the test of time and is still in production now in five sizes , from 122cm(48in) up to 393cm ( 154.5 in ) span and in many colours . |
| 26 | Mr Garner joined TI in 1979 , after a brief but colourful climb up the industrial ladder and having discounted the idea of becoming a professional trumpeter — ‘ I do n't think I could have stood the strain ’ . |
| 27 | There is an enormous range of substances that people can use in order to change the way that they feel , but the safest and most reliable ones , the drugs that have stood the test of time , have all been made illegal . |
| 28 | Have n't stood the test of time . |
| 29 | FOR a film that has stood the test of time , catch Luis Bunuel 's Oscar-winning DISCREET CHARM OF THE BOURGEOISIE ( Cert 15 ; Selected ) . |
| 30 | MOST BOOKS on branch lines record enterprises that have not stood the test of time and are no longer with us . |