Example sentences of "[Wh pn] stand [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | If one treats the sensation-mongers who stand outside a prison during an execution with the contempt they deserve , it is , I think , fair to say that the conviction and execution of Joyce have caused more disquiet than satisfaction in the minds of the public . |
| 2 | The children , who stand in a small cluster near the goat enclosure , now look at each other and laugh , too , but when the laibon swings his impressive , lidded gaze towards them , they freeze . |
| 3 | All faces turned to Lucenzo , who stood on a chair , his arms held out in a command for silence . |
| 4 | The growing Country opposition to William 's ministry in the Scottish Parliament consisted mainly of men who stood on a Revolution and Presbyterian foot , but whose exclusion from office exacerbated their disillusionment and allowed them to indulge their nationalist sentiments . |
| 5 | Mr Johnston , who stood on a ‘ Save Our Townlands ’ ticket in the council elections of 1977 , said : ‘ It is one of the few powers which councils have left that they can enforce the format for local addresses . |
| 6 | ' Another worker , who stood as a Conservative councillor , said she had encountered Mr Lawson at a reception last year and had been asked by the Chancellor why she had lost . |
| 7 | Controversial priest Fr Pat Buckley was also among the losers , losing his seat to another independent , Robert Lindsay Mason , who stood as a 1990s candidate , advocating more rave parties for young people . |
| 8 | Mr Clark , who stood as a parliamentary candidate in Motherwell North at the last election , added : ‘ I very much welcome the council group decision to demonstrate its confidence in Alex Salmond . ’ |
| 9 | Having saluted the Ambassadors , who stood in a circle next to the door leading from the Galerie de Diane to the Salle des Maréchaux , the Emperor and Empress entered the Ballroom and mounted the dais which was set aside for them . |
| 10 | Thus Aquinas , who stood in a long tradition which came to him through the teachings of the early canonists summed up in Gratian 's Decretum ( 1140 ) , was clear that every state had both the right and the duty to defend itself , its legitimate existence , and its rights when these could be legally proved ( ‘ It is legitimate to oppose force with force ’ , as Justinian 's Digest put it ) . |
| 11 | Thus I do not for example think that there could be a human person ( which Christians must proclaim ) who stood in a different relationship to God than do all other human beings . |