Example sentences of "can stand the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't see how you can stand the celibacy when you do n't have to . |
| 2 | Smart-drugs are all right if you can stand the colour and the stench of your piss while you 're doing ‘ em . |
| 3 | I found an Englishman wandering round asking if he could help ; I said , ‘ If you can stand the sight of blood , and filthy bandages , without being sick come on , but if you are sick you 'll have to clean it up yourself ! ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Well , if you 're sure you can stand the sight of me … |
| 5 | First came the decision to award Esther Rantzen a new contract worth £1.2m when the consensus is that few people can stand the sight of her . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , the variety provided by the five levels makes this a good investment if you can stand the frustration of repeating earlier levels , time after time . |
| 7 | If you can stand the dressing room tomfoolery |
| 8 | If you hot foot it whatever the weather , there 's only one watch that can stand the pace . |
| 9 | And if you have what it takes and can stand the pace , a jolly good salary . |
| 10 | And I think er I think it 's that what worries you sometimes , you know er er If it can stand the pace , but as I say . |
| 11 | If you can stand the pace and the heat , Bangkok is a very rewarding place to visit , although it may make you feel like taking a week afterwards to lie on a beach and recover . |
| 12 | ‘ Do n't worry , I can stand the pace . |
| 13 | I can stand the pace all right . |
| 14 | Because , if so , I do n't know how you can stand the pace ! ’ |
| 15 | The economy can stand the strain too : a 5 per cent drop in the GNP this year is deemed manageable . |
| 16 | The economy can stand the strain too : a 5 per cent drop in the GNP this year is deemed manageable . |
| 17 | While this inflation lasts , it is possible for these agribusinessmen to live superficially well if their nerves can stand the strain , and their real capital , the soil , survive such prodigal exploitation . |
| 18 | [ In talking about continued home care ] I can stand the strain at the moment , but I do n't know for how long I can go on . |
| 19 | He goes out alone … and sometimes he goes to the bank and draws out large sums of money … it 's worse than dealing with a child … the most wearing part is the mental strain , not the washing and things like that ; it 's the having to take the lead all the time … [ 24 ; 1H I can stand the strain at the moment , but I ca n't say for how long . |
| 20 | If you can stand the strain of the noise and diesel engine all that way . |
| 21 | Alternatively , you can stand the trays in shallow water until the compost surface appears moist . |
| 22 | If the bookshelf can stand the weight , readers will find themselves dipping into the mass of information which is ideal for both research and casual reading . |
| 23 | When you trust your people , they can stand the challenge . |
| 24 | If you can stand the heat , get into the Kitchens . |
| 25 | Mayor who can stand the heat |
| 26 | The parasites will have to be left until later , when your filter can stand the pond treatment required . |
| 27 | Oh : car of menace , car of blight Cars the atmosphere ignite Greenhouse warming , Havoc forming Parkinson must see us right We 're au fait with entropy Gaia , Ecosphere , synergy Words for greening But their meaning 's A linguistic mystery Oh : politicians must invent Worship of environment Genuflecting by reflecting Words of verdant bafflement Now our water 's unfit to drink Too much aluminium and zinc No solution To pollution No-one can stand the stink Oh : public filth and pestilence Highlights private opulence Does the glitter , clear the litter All it needs is pounds and pence GOD REST YE MERRY God rest ye merry , gentle Greens Let nothing you dismay The much foretold apocalypse Is now well under way Not even Mr Gorbachev Can stop the world 's decay Oh , tidings of comfort and joy , Oh , tidings of comfort and joy We ca n't eat meat or hens or fish The farming is too cruel The only food we now permit Is foul organic gruel Irradiated food and veg Now double up as fuel Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Now everybody wants a car Though noise and fumes are vile The Iron Curtain fractures and The jams stretch back for miles Mobility and liberty Can not be reconciled Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy We think that greenhouse warming will Bring on the world 's demise If forests burn it 's not just trees but mankind too that fries But all this may be garbage Because scientists tell lies Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Consumers must buy less to reach Sustainability For galloping consumption is More lethal than TB So much for Third World dreams of fleeing Grinding poverty Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Unless we stop producing kids The planet will not cope No hope for birth controllers short of Kidnapping the Pope But since the Greens recycle people they May turn us into soap Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy In searching for clean energy The choice is pretty stark The floods that come when coal is burnt will keep us in the Ark But had Lord Marshall got his way We 'd all glow in the dark Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Dumb animals are much preferrred To flawed humanity Ill-treatment of old people may Provoke insanity But culling seals and whales is judged The worst profanity Oh tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Now Mrs Thatcher goes bright green A highly suspect hue Her policies have after all Kept filth and squalor blue It 's just another way she 's found To tell us what to do Oh , tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy With greenhouse gases , PCBs Sulphuric acid rain This fragile globe 's environment Is going down the drain It is a cosmic punishment That we ca n't start again Oh , tidings of comfort and joy , Oh tidings of comfort and joy Melanie Phillips OVERNIGHT FILE |
| 28 | ‘ What Elizabeth does n't grasp is that none of us can stand the fuss she makes . |