Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] stand [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More often than not no-one bothers about the height factor , with the result that the speaker may have to peer at his notes or stand awkwardly or otherwise find it impossible to combine proper use of the mike with proper use of the lectern . |
| 2 | Decca 's principal mid-price label in terms of size is ‘ Ovation ’ , an extensive repertoire with something for everybody , in performances that stand confidently against the latest full price issues . |
| 3 | Further symbolism can be found in the row of sixteen dark metal columns that stand along one side , one for each Land . |
| 4 | Now let us consider the concept of reconciliation and note the elements that stand out . |
| 5 | You might have noticed however , that people can spend small fortunes on themselves , go out to all the trendy places and stand around admiring themselves in their fashionable clothes but find that no one thinks any better of them for it . |
| 6 | Some universities now have deputy or pro vice chancellors , who chair major committees and stand in for the vice chancellor . |
| 7 | I am 6ft 2ins and stand much further back than his recommended distance of five feet , and from approximately 1- to 12 feet do not ‘ require an exaggerated upward movement of the head ’ . |
| 8 | affairs and stand up and recite them |
| 9 | LEGO : Ole Kirk Christiansen , a jobless carpenter in Denmark , had the idea to make good toys that would appeal to children 's imaginations and stand up to rough handling . |
| 10 | As much because of what is left unsaid as because of what is directly described , The Albatross is one of those exceptions which suggest that the junior adventure story has always suffered under unnecessary limitations : the names that stand out in the genre are those who in various ways have ignored or overridden these limitations . |
| 11 | Evidently , one tends to forget the worst episodes over time , and remembers only those items that stand out for some reason ’ . |
| 12 | For the diminutive Andy — people often wonder how he hauls around the pro bags that stand as high as him — the triumphs he has shared with Nick Faldo are something of a fulfilment of his own ambition of winning the titles himself : he started as a tournament professional with dreams of a major championship before realizing he would not make the grade as a pro , and so took up the bag instead of the club . |
| 13 | This is the music playing in a thousand thousand houses while we have our drinks and eat our meals and stand up and shout . |
| 14 | That view is reinforced by the Newsons , who say : ‘ The measures that stand out as the most predictive of criminal record before 20 years are having been smacked or beaten once or more a week at 11 , and having a mother with a high commitment to formal physical punishment at that age . ’ |
| 15 | Denofa wanted to achieve an edge over rivals by marketing its Solidox brand in tubes that stand upright on their caps without outer cartons . |
| 16 | The occasions that stand out in the three decades of our post-imperial era are : Duncan Sandys ' 1957 decision to recommend the end of National Service , which almost halved the Army ; the Kennedy/Macmillan Polaris agreement at Nassau in 1962 that led to the RAF losing responsibility to the Royal Navy for the British nuclear deterrent ; Denis Healey 's scrapping of the TSR2 in 1965 , which threatened to ‘ unhorse ’ the RAF 's knights ; his cancellation of the aircraft-carrier replacement programme in 1966 , which did much the same thing to the Royal Navy ; and John Nott 's attempt in 1981 to maintain the strength of the Rhine Army and RAF Germany at the expense of our maritime capability . |