Example sentences of "[noun pl] stand at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From 1997 onwards , as matters stand at present , we would have to pay probably well over ten times that cost in order to receive the equivalent digitised output . |
| 2 | At the same time as debt service ratios stood at record levels , higher levels of capital gearing , aggravated in some circumstances by house prices falling below the level of outstanding debt , may have made lenders less tolerant of arrears and less willing to help borrowers through remortgaging . |
| 3 | The state intervened in 1888 to establish the two separate types , which are both now relatively small : the bulls stand at 126–130cm and weigh about 750kg and the cows 118–124cm and 450kg . |
| 4 | As things stand at present , the Labour Party uses three spurious reasons to justify its unprincipled boycott of Northern Ireland : |
| 5 | ‘ As things stand at present , it would be very difficult for a Bishop opposed to the new legislation to continue in office when that legislation comes into effect , ’ he said . |
| 6 | As things stand at present it seems more appropriate to talk about ‘ brains ’ than about ‘ the brain' . |
| 7 | If graduated tests are to have a large measurement component then it seems that , as things stand at present , a significant number of girls will be disadvantaged . |
| 8 | Mr Lang stated : ‘ I 'm not going to start answering specific questions about specific aspects of how one of the individual solutions we may chose will apply until we have reached a conclusion about the right way forward then we can address this issue and debate it fully , but as things stand at present I see no reason to have to change that law . ’ |
| 9 | Er they 'd help each other , if they were sick er well let's say quite a lot were unemployed down there and there were always someone that , I 've seen men stand at top of yard and say , have you got a fag Jack ? |
| 10 | Leave the melons to stand at room temperature for 30 minutes and then cut into quarters , lengthways . |
| 11 | On either side of the throne two liveried Annamese eunuchs stood at attention holding long-handled fans of decorated feathers which they waved in slow , synchronized strokes above the emperor 's head to cool the air that he breathed . |
| 12 | The officer gave the command : a detachment of sailors with bayonets stood at attention . |
| 13 | Not only do you have to work out where your competitors stand at present , but you also have to try and project their future course in the same way you have projected your own and look at how this will affect your own policies in future . |