Example sentences of "stand the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Where stands the sun in relation to the yard-arm ? ’ she enquired rhetorically , pouring a Gin and It . |
| 2 | But behind such flurries in the economists ' dovecote lies the question of whether the new economics stands the test of evidence . |
| 3 | AT THE END of this pretty Warwickshire village , in a steeply sloping ancient graveyard , stands the Church of St John the Baptist . |
| 4 | In a commanding position high on a hill overlooking the village stands the church of All Saints . |
| 5 | Five or six miles north-east of Scone stands the hill of Dunsinane . |
| 6 | Near the junction of the A45 and the B663 stands the site of CHELVESTON AIRFIELD , the base of the 305th Bombardment Group ( Heavy ) of the 8th Air Force from 1942 to 1945 . |
| 7 | Floor Manager , Jeremy Van Bunnens , stands the studio by for a take . |
| 8 | Floor Manager , Jeremy Van Bunnens , stands the studio by for a take . |
| 9 | Wales to him — physical Wales — was the catacombs of coal , the engines and architecture of massive wealth creation , rain-soaked narrow streets , hillsides leaking black , and occasionally a soaring aqueduct such as that in Pontrhydyfen under which still stands the house in which he was born . |
| 10 | On the fringe of the city , now in the Botanic Garden of the Academy , still stands the Monastery of Vydubitsky which contains the churches of S. Michael and S. George . |
| 11 | On the eastern side of the Rotonda is the wide major road of Via Regina Margherita which leads to Piazza Cinque Giorante , the square of the Five Days , where stands the monument to the Five Days . |
| 12 | To the right of the gateway stands the monument to Charles IV put up in 1848 to mark the quincentenary of Charles 's founding of the Carolinum ( see p. 4 ) . |
| 13 | A choice between debt and equity was made on the assumption that this choice did not have to stand the test of time . |
| 14 | Unlike the Piano making concern at Woodchester near Stroud , it failed to stand the test of time . |
| 15 | ‘ The ultimate driving machine ’ the ads said , a claim that was to stand the test of time like few others , establishing principles of BMW motoring as true today as ever . |
| 16 | THE wit and wisdom of Oscar Wilde always seem to stand the test of time . |
| 17 | While I believe that some parts of this routine are absolutely essential , I am only too well aware that the ideas still have to stand the test of time . |
| 18 | Philosophically and technically town planning demonstrated in Britain , as elsewhere , an operational capacity to conceive and prepare a metropolitan plan , robust enough to stand the test of time . |
| 19 | Should we not remind the House that that legislation was supposed to stand the test of time ? |
| 20 | These supporters were fairly well-distributed in Charles 's regna , and , most crucial of all , their loyalty was to stand the test of open conflict in 841 . |
| 21 | Willy Russell 's story of a hair-dresser seeking to learn at any price via her reluctant and sozzled tutor continues to stand the test of time . |
| 22 | My favourite method is to stand the container on a wooden pallet . |
| 23 | Nannerl must certainly have a fur rug for the journey , or she will not be able to stand the cold in a half-open coach . |
| 24 | when they are not fit to stand the journey to the wards straight away . ’ |
| 25 | She went on to tell Tamar that she and Elizabeth would not come up to Kirkbymoorside to stand the market in the future . |
| 26 | ‘ Have been reading ’ , I realized even as I struggled to find somewhere to stand the strawboard in the darkness , makes a somewhat smaller claim than ‘ have read ’ , and I scarcely expect that my ‘ books ’ , to anyone outside the very restricted world of philosophical studies , are going to include the two on Spinoza ; all of which suggests a second-hand and partial acquaintance with my only other work , Natural Man . |
| 27 | To apply it to Egypt is to stand the truth on its head , to call bondage freedom , and despair hope . |
| 28 | ‘ Nowadays ’ , said Bismarck in 1884 , ‘ no Government is strong enough to stand the reproach of having sacrificed its own national interests as a favour to a friendly Power . ’ |
| 29 | Putting on a heavy pack is not always easy — the best way is to stand the pack on the ground with the harness facing you and the slings slackened off . |
| 30 | Also stand the pot in a tray of damp pebbles , too . |