Example sentences of "[adv] stand [prep] [noun sg] " 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 | 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 ' . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | A general system of gardening founded on experience is a work of which the public has long stood in need . |
| 6 | You more or less stood to attention . . |
| 7 | Just stand in front of this screen while I call him … ’ |
| 8 | I 'll just stand in front of it most of the time . |
| 9 | According to this understanding , people who make vows of celibacy are somehow standing in judgement over those who do not . |
| 10 | ‘ 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 . |
| 11 | It 's not just standing in court . |
| 12 | I ca n't remember what that bit was , I think he just stood on top |
| 13 | 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 ! ’ |
| 14 | For a long time , she just stood in front of the box , petrified . |
| 15 | When they finally stood in front of him , they realized why he had not answered . |
| 16 | THE only Football Supporters candidate ever to stand for Parliament has issued his touchline manifesto to the North-East 's election candidates . |
| 17 | Glasser still stands in awe of this formidable , feckless man . |
| 18 | ‘ Some of them were still standing to attention as they fell . |
| 19 | The only thing still standing in town was the gallows . |
| 20 | ‘ We have always stood for service . |
| 21 | The company has always stood for excellence in analogue sound reproduction , its fame having been made by its first and longest running model , the LP12 turntable . |
| 22 | Clothkits has always stood for quality clothes . |
| 23 | Habib Olahi , a stocky man , still stood at attention , his eyes fixed on the rich carpet . |
| 24 | A little to the west of Casa Litta is the church of San Vito al Pasquirolo , a church in a more than usually pretty Baroque style that once stood in meadow land , its position explaining the name — ‘ San Vito in the pasture ’ . |
| 25 | The rest of us might also stand in awe of his season . |
| 26 | Er here erm you can form your own views about whether Mill 's right or wrong , I mean that the situation of a secret ballot was brought in to erm overcome as one where the local industrist industrialist who employed half the member of the town was also standing for parliament . |
| 27 | After Oliver Cromwell became lord protector , Bishop gradually turned over his duties to John Thurloe [ q.v. ] and retired to Bristol , where he unsuccessfully stood for Parliament in 1654 . |
| 28 | He also stood for Parliament , unsuccessfully , in 1794 and 1806 . |
| 29 | This new naturalism also stood in contradistinction to the straightforward narrative of classic realism ; for example , Eisenstein 's first film Strike was ‘ a montage of shocks , of images … ’ whose design was to turn disparate items into an artistic whole ( Willett 1978 , pp. 107–8 ) . |
| 30 | The team championship now stands after speed and endurance — 1 , ( Germany ) 164.40 ; 2 , ( Great Britain ) 164.80 ; 3 , ( Italy ) 169.40 ; 4 , ( France ) 208.20 ; 5 , ( Ireland ) 219.80 ; 6 , ( Spain ) 412.40 . |