Example sentences of "who stand [adv prt] against " in BNC.
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| 1 | God 's Word is not simply a bare event of encounter with the Subject who stands over against us as Lord . |
| 2 | The contemporary hero is one who stands out against the crowd to fulfil a personal destiny . |
| 3 | Masaryk was an eminent liberal scholar who stood out against the Catholic-led anti-semitic hysteria of the 1890s . |
| 4 | He was a fiery character of immense stubbornness who stood out against the new plans to merge his land into a co-operative pool that would benefit everyone . |
| 5 | There was a shriek from the group of six women who stood back against the side of the tent . |