Example sentences of "[adv] stand [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rose had moved back a little to stand in front of one of the shop windows , scanning the crowd with knowing eyes . |
| 2 | Both restrictive and non-restrictive adjectives in sentences such as ( 3 ) are alike in that they instantiate the P in : ( 6 ) [ P E ] The difference between the two possibilities is solely that , in cases of non-restriction , the speaker is aware that the identification carried out by the noun phrase as a whole is the same as it would be if the adjective ( limiting ourselves to adjectival instances ) were not present ; in essence , we have the situation as in ( 7 ) ( where the sign =i obviously stands for equality on the parameter of identification , and not for the intensional relation of equation ) : ( 7 ) In practice , the situation is almost always somewhat more complicated in English , because there will nearly always be a determiner ; thus the non-restrictive status of the adjective in the subject phrase of ( 8 ) can be represented by the formula ( 9 ) , with Pb as the adjectival property and Pc as the property inherent in the noun ( while Pa represents the word this ) : ( 8 ) this Christian Pope committed most unchristian acts ( 9 ) Nevertheless , the presence of other elements in a noun phrase beside the non-restrictive adjective and the noun itself in no way alters the principle involved . |
| 3 | Whisk egg whites in a clean bowl until stiff enough to stand in peaks . |
| 4 | It is clear that an element of contrast is intended , with a meaning something like " in writing Othello , Shakespeare becomes an exception , and so stands in contrast to other writers ' . |
| 5 | It is merely to stand at variance with a long established tradition — a long established system of beliefs based ultimately on someone 's speculative interpretation . |
| 6 | In later chapters we shall prove several results of the above type where the symbols used will not necessarily stand for integers . |
| 7 | One sort of explanation sees such practices as permanent employment and seniority wage systems as being related to Japan 's unique cultural traditions and the carry-over to modern industry of patterns of social relationships and obligations which characterised feudal Japan.7 Other , perhaps more convincing , approaches ( as these practices are not characteristic of smaller-sized firms ) see them as an employer response to the exigencies of the labour market and as a control device to elicit and reward loyal workforce behaviour ( Jacoby , 1979 ) , since lifetime employment is not a practice of very long standing in Japan . |
| 8 | A general system of gardening founded on experience is a work of which the public has long stood in need . |
| 9 | American banks ' loans totalled $157 billion in 1992 , of which one-fifth were not being serviced ; British banks ' lending to property companies alone stood at £37 billion in March 1993 . |
| 10 | In other circumstances she would have been more than willing to engage in this conversation herself , for it was one she had frequently enjoyed ; she liked Otto , she had always mildly fancied that he liked her , she was amused by the offhand continental gallantries with which he interspersed , absent-mindedly , the rigour of his argument ; but tonight she was tired , her eyes were closing , she had had four hours of party already , had not enjoyed the Hargreaves drama , had not enjoyed her talks with Ivan Warner and Teddy Lazenby , had been polite enough for long enough , and wanted to go home ; so stood at Brian 's elbow , dully , a reproachful wife , slightly annoyed that neither of them took much notice of her , as Otto invoked the name of Max Weber , a name which meant nothing to her at all , a name which excluded her , exhausted her , and provoked her into prodding , yet again , but this time successfully , Brian 's arm , and murmuring of baby-sitter Sharon , who was only sixteen . |
| 11 | You more or less stood to attention . . |
| 12 | Geneva , Switzerland : Courtaulds Fibres Cellulosics is planning its biggest and best stand for years at the Index exhibition from April 20–23 , showing both viscose and Tencel . |
| 13 | Just stand in front of this screen while I call him … ’ |
| 14 | I 'll just stand in front of it most of the time . |
| 15 | According to this understanding , people who make vows of celibacy are somehow standing in judgement over those who do not . |
| 16 | ‘ Evening Landlord , Master Gates , ’ he spoke in a loud voice and exercised his usual habit of momentarily standing on tip toes as he addressed them . |
| 17 | It 's not just standing in court . |
| 18 | I ca n't remember what that bit was , I think he just stood on top |
| 19 | I walked up to these fellers , a few paces , and just stood in front of them , looked at them — they knew what was wanted — ‘ Clear off ! ’ |
| 20 | For a long time , she just stood in front of the box , petrified . |
| 21 | When they finally stood in front of him , they realized why he had not answered . |
| 22 | THE only Football Supporters candidate ever to stand for Parliament has issued his touchline manifesto to the North-East 's election candidates . |
| 23 | A portion of the original stone jetty still stands at Armadale , within sight of the modern ferry port linking Skye to Mallaig on the mainland . |
| 24 | One huge stone still stands at Lochmaben : seven feet-ten inches high , weighing about ten tons . |
| 25 | And my offer of help still stands for Wendy |
| 26 | Glasser still stands in awe of this formidable , feckless man . |
| 27 | The famous Axminster carpet factory , begun in 1755 , still stands in Silver Street — a stone building by the parish church , where Thomas Whitty , a cloth weaver , began making hand-knotted wool carpets in imitation of Turkish patterns . |
| 28 | Ministers still stand by Lawther 's conclusion that only 10 per cent of lead in the human body is likely to come from additives in petrol . |
| 29 | ‘ Some of them were still standing to attention as they fell . |
| 30 | BELOW Minoan houses still standing on Santorini , having been buried in ash during the eruption around 1400 bc . |