Example sentences of "stand at a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is rather a perspective that recognizes and takes full account of the reality of such crime within the world and which stands at a distance from it . |
| 2 | Rolls-Royce 's order book stands at a record £7 billion . |
| 3 | It stands at a point where firm ground lies close to the river Derwent , and from olden times has been the site of an important river crossing , first by ferry , later by bridge . |
| 4 | Moreover , there is not so much to smell when you are flying high up and away from the scents and aromas that cling to the Earth — or even if , like man , your nose stands at a height of five or six feet , rarely bending towards the ground . |
| 5 | They were all eating miniature versions of proper food — a sliver of lamb like a lark 's tongue , a single braised spinach leaf , a mushroom tart no bigger than a cuff-link — like guests in a doll 's house , and trying to ignore the fact that the area around their table , which might have provided space for twelve to stand at a pinch , had now about 300 people in it . |
| 6 | Mr Brown grew up in Darlington where his parents , Mr and Mrs Allan Brown , still live in Coatham Crescent , and in his youth he used to stand at a vantage point near the Whessoe Road/ Honeypot Lane junction to watch the rally cars speeding on their way , never dreaming that one day he would be among them . |
| 7 | this time we were able to stand at a distance from it all and weigh it up and write better songs . |
| 8 | The Party 's best known members , Jonathan Porritt and Sara Parkin , declined to stand at a ballot to elect two Green Party political speakers . |
| 9 | It is difficult to estimate how many of these leaflets will be used subsequently but stocks of the 3 leaflets we have already reprinted ( Learning Disabilities , HIV/AIDS and Drugs ) stand at a quarter of the original print order . |
| 10 | At 194p , down 7p yesterday , the shares stand at a discount of 37.5 per cent to the net asset value expected for the end of this year . |
| 11 | Despite the reported remarks ‘ to scorer colleagues … it must be very difficult to give a decision so far out ’ , it is n't ; we stand at a distance from which we can see . |
| 12 | Two warriors , one of whom is Saibol , Tepilit 's younger brother , stand at a distance . |
| 13 | Sock Shop shares , having hit 325p last year , now stand at a record low of 62p . |
| 14 | Boyz N the Hood The neighbourhood in question is South Central Los Angeles , a curious half-ghetto half-Brookside with Uzis , where Tre ( Cuba Gooding Jr ) and Ricky ( Morris Chestnut ) stand at a crossroads : will they make it to college and become middle class or be gunned down in the crossfire between rival gangs ? |
| 15 | ‘ We stand at a crossroads , Cam , ’ Mr Whistle said . |
| 16 | For musicians , the lure of the West must be strong , and for reasons as understandable as basic working conditions and standard of living , but as a result we stand at a crossroads : how can we possibly avoid the continuing standardization of orchestral , instrumental and vocal production , and continue to have the opportunity of hearing music played in a style and tradition for which it was probably originally conceived . |
| 17 | The story of victims number 37,38 and 39 was : ‘ In an apparent ambush , a gang member , fourteen , is killed and two others are wounded as they stand at a bus stop . ’ |
| 18 | Dustin introduced Livings to his business manager , the London boxing promoter Jarvis Astaire , ‘ who took me into his offices , ’ recalled Livings , ‘ and en passant introduced me to a chap standing at a window ledge in a corridor , typing : ‘ This is one of our writers ’ , says he . |
| 19 | X dies with an interest in possession in an overseas trust with assets standing at a capital loss . |
| 20 | ‘ He once did a trial Castlemaine ad — a group of Australians standing at a bar , all one-legged after crossing an alligator-infested river to get there . |
| 21 | This picture shows a couple standing at a bar . |
| 22 | She had her back to the door and was standing at a filing-cabinet taking out more information she would need when she heard her assistant come back . |
| 23 | Then he would go to his study and attend to his own writing , characteristically composing straight onto the typewriter and standing at a kind of lectern . |
| 24 | A group of men standing at a bus turn-about opened fire on the patrol and a number of bullets passed through the rear window , narrowly missing a soldier . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'll be standing at a bus stop and people will come up to me and tell me what they do and do n't like about fashion today ’ , he says . |
| 26 | The twenty-nine year old victim was standing at a bus stop on Haddington Road when a car pulled up and the driver asked for directions . |
| 27 | I saw him later , standing at a meeting of walls , a shy girl keeping her distance . |
| 28 | Wishart felt as if he was standing at a crossroads with two paths leading into the darkness . |
| 29 | Vividly could he still recall his nurses preventing him from going to her there , and he knew he had stood at a window just like this , gazing with longing through the trees to the building where his mother was imprisoned . |
| 30 | For example , the Treasury 9¾ per cent stock 2002 instanced above stood at a price of £103 ( £103.09375 ) at the close of business on Friday 28 February , 1992 when the running yield could be derived as follows : |