Example sentences of "[Wh pn] stand [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lonsdale accepts that the material defies easy summary and generalization [ ECWP , p. xxii ] but proceeds to survey the actual work of women poets through the century , recognizing that there are always some poets who stand outside general trends . |
| 2 | My daughter was intrigued by the statue-like posture of members of the Household Guards who stood at strategic points en route , not moving an eyelid . |
| 3 | He was satisfied to leave the government of Sicily largely to the chancellor , Gauthier de Paléar , bishop of Troja , who stood for Sicilian rights and was anti-German . |
| 4 | Among the different groups now contending for influence , the most important are the democratic reformers , the men and women who stood in recent local elections on platforms that broadly advocated multi-party politics and bolder economic change . |
| 5 | Cuka 's understudy , Gloria Connell , who stood in opposite Crawford for a week , said , ‘ There were no public rows between the two , but it 's true to say the atmosphere was very cool ’ |
| 6 | This one does seem to be a great boost to Gen Aoun , who stood in lonely defiance of the Arab and international communities , his Muslim compatriots , and many in his own Maronite enclave . |
| 7 | This one does seem to be a great boost to Gen Aoun , who stood in lonely defiance of the Arab and international communities , his Muslim compatriots , and many in his own Maronite enclave . |
| 8 | In their protest they sought to restore some political coals to Newcastle : the Declaration of Arbroath in 1320 committed the lay and ecclesiastical nobles of Scotland to support Robert Bruce , who stood against proud Edward 's army , and sent him homeward to think again . |
| 9 | They were precipitated by the resignations in December 1990 of Michel Noir , 46 , and of two fellow dissident members of the " Renovator " faction of the opposition neo-Gaullist Rally for the Republic ( RPR ) , all of whom stood as ex-RPR by-election candidates . |