Example sentences of "[noun pl] stand [adv prt] against " in BNC.
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| 1 | The grass was shrivelled and blackened and the leafless branches stood out against the grey morning and seemed to reach skeletal fingers towards them . |
| 2 | It 's the nicest site around and from the surrounding countryside you 'd have seen the white mounds of the burial sites standing out against the sky , right against the heavens |
| 3 | It was a large split-level home , with unexpected staircases going , it seemed , in all directions , their wrought-iron banisters standing out against the pale-yellow broadloom which covered both stairs and floors throughout the house . |
| 4 | These high trees stand out against an evening sky with violet stripes on a yellow ground , which higher up turns into pink , into green . |
| 5 | Though the actual trees stood back against the sky their reflections had to be made to advance so that their topmost branches felt close . |
| 6 | Furthermore , they were intimately acquainted with the Greek republics and Macedonian monarchies of their time , and realistically assessed their capacities to stand up against the Romans . |