Example sentences of "stand [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Foucault works from exactly the same tradition in the philosophy and history of science as Althusser : like him he utilizes Bachelard 's concept of differentiated histories , which still stands as the major alternative , epistemic or otherwise , to historicism . |
| 2 | Penal Policy in a Changing Society stands as the high watermark of what later became known as the treatment model . |
| 3 | Calypso is a specifically Trinidadian musical form , but just as later Jamaican reggae stands as the archetypal Black music , so in this period does calypso . |
| 4 | Everyone stands for the general salute — they may be civilian guests , but they have studied the programme avidly and have learnt what to do . |
| 5 | where R represents the number of correct responses for the right ear/visual field and I stands for the left ear/visual field . |
| 6 | Alan Pugh is the secretary of another group of initials , BFICC , which stands for the British Facsimile Industry Consultative Committee . |
| 7 | Again he said , in an argument strangely reminiscent of Erastus , Richard Hooker and Matthew Arnold , that ‘ the State is more sacred than any Church … for the State stands for the whole people in their manifold collective life ; and any Church is but a fragment of that life , though one of the most important fragments ’ . |
| 8 | On the radio link Richie reported that he had scored a net 69 , which was likely to stand as the best score of the day . |
| 9 | It can thus be seen to stand as the architectural counterpart to the other key artistic expressions of the age , the panoramic canvases of John Martin , Edward John Poynter , and Lawrence Alma-Tadema , toweringly romantic and imaginative recreations of the temples , palaces , baths , and amphitheatres of the ancient world , and the novels of Walter Scott , Harrison Ainsworth , and Bulwer-Lytton which evoked a monumental and teeming past of medieval castles , Tudor mansions , and unbridled Gothic imagination . |
| 10 | Such an objective involved establishing what , in practice , were to stand as the proper constituents of the new English , and their relation to each other . |
| 11 | Long and straggling , Long Riston stands off the main road from Hull to Bridlington . |
| 12 | Our hotel , the four-star Elea Beach , stands off the main drag at the end of a quiet lane . |
| 13 | Mrs Kinnock , 47 , last month announced her intention to stand for the 1994 European Parliament elections in the South East Wales constituency . |
| 14 | to stand for the other people 's names . |
| 15 | The trouble started with the decision of his wife , Semra , to stand for the powerful job of head of the Motherland Party in Istanbul . |
| 16 | Oh and yes … a chap from Conservative Central Office rang up to say they 'd like to know if you would be prepared to stand for the European Parliament . |
| 17 | And no obvious reason exists why meat , so long a symbol of human hegemony , should not , in time , come to stand for the unacceptable face of consumerism . |
| 18 | Squirrels are not treated literally as ‘ things ’ in the outer world but as , firstly , parts of sets defined by such criteria as ‘ those that live in trees ’ and , secondly , ‘ available for symbolic manipulation ’ since they can be taken to stand for the very trees they live in . |
| 19 | They only will stand for the same , I do n't think they 're going to stand for the same conditions |
| 20 | At any rate , at the next ward meeting , he suggested that I might like to stand for the local council . |
| 21 | Richmann seethed at Henri 's arrogance , and consoled himself that with any luck he would n't have to stand for the superstitious fool 's whims for much longer Drawing a gun from a shoulder holster , he prepared to fight his way through the streets if necessary ; it would be nothing compared to what was to come , he thought . |
| 22 | Now a Victorian church stands amid the barren Moor , a mute reminder of the lonely hamlet 's more romantic past . |
| 23 | The village playing field stands opposite the old school and occupies the old titheyard where tithes were paid to the church up to the early 19th century . |
| 24 | The Parish Church or Church of São Sebastião , stands near the central square and was erected in the eighteenth century . |
| 25 | The two men , who were completely sober despite their time in the bar , moved away to stand against the cracked plaster walls of the buildings to either side of the main road , glancing quickly around the corners to check for traffic . |
| 26 | By forging letters from Walter she , paradoxically , felt she could convey a real image of him to stand against the false one . |
| 27 | To stand against the old order , the new national States would have to be strong — ‘ The very first conditions of national existence ( are ) large numbers and compactness of territory , ’ along with resources , ability and a favourable social organization . |
| 28 | In a show of confidence , the government allowed independent candidates to stand against the ruling Baath party . |
| 29 | It is impossible to discover the actual occurrence that stands behind the individual accounts . |
| 30 | She argues the case through a reading of a history painting ‘ Zeuxis Choosing his Models for the Painting of Helen of Troy ’ of the late 1770s in which one of the female figures stands behind the classical Greek artist and herself reaches for the chalk to start on the blank canvas beside her , and through a self portrait ‘ Angelica Kauffman Hesitating between the Arts of Music and Painting ’ ( 1794 ) . |