Example sentences of "stand [coord] [vb infin] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be tedious to quote more than a few examples of the evidence from parliamentary commissions , the STC , union reports and surveys etc. , but the following quotations are typical : " About the only work which the women can do is to stand or sit at their formes and set up type ; and to distribute the types back again into the cases , but of course this is only a portion of a compositor 's work " ( an employer ) ; " " As far as mere type-lifting is concerned , she may do , but there is other rough work in connection with compositors " work which I do not think a woman is qualified for " ( a union leader ) ; " Women … get the best , i. e. the simplest jobs … they are kept always at pretty much the same kind of work " ( an employer ) . |
| 2 | ( iii ) Persons shall not be permitted to stand or sit in any of the gangways intersecting the seating or to sit in any of the other gangways . |
| 3 | ‘ I am willing to stand or fall on this one , ’ he had said — but when he was proved wrong he did not fall , he rose yet higher . |
| 4 | The CEGB 's case is likely to stand or fall on the economics of the project . |
| 5 | There have to be some standards but a track record is more important than spending three weekends away being taught something you already know , and I 'm quite happy to stand or fall on my personal record . |
| 6 | The storyline was always going to stand or fall by the performance of Tim Guinee as Lazar . |
| 7 | After dinner , they were all marched out to the back garden , which was similar to the front , where they could walk about or play catch ball , but were not allowed to stand and talk to each other . |
| 8 | He even managed to stand and walk in a new way . |
| 9 | One reason could be because all around them are utterly characterless , uniform , boring , and unmemorable buildings — nothing for them to stand and stare at , to wonder at and dream of — as there was in the heyday of the great stations . |
| 10 | Two fishermen stopped work to stand and stare in amazement . |
| 11 | ‘ All I want is to stand and look at you , dear boy ! ’ he said . |
| 12 | Corbett grasped the unfortunate messenger by the jerkin , forcing him to stand and look at him . |
| 13 | Listening to tapes of bird calls will help you identify unseen birds too and help direct you to the best place to stand and look for them . |
| 14 | They were made to stand and wait in the first of these . |
| 15 | This means that in battles with tough enemies that are likely to stand and fight for longer they can be a better choice . |
| 16 | Lovat ended that appeal by emphasising his belief that it was ‘ a most wise & prudent maxim that a man in power should do for those that he is pretty sure will stand & fall with him in all events ’ , and in general that was the major qualification for appointment to the judicial bench in eighteenth-century Scotland . |
| 17 | He ca n't stand or walk without help . |
| 18 | No matter how well intentioned an author may be , no matter how good his work is considered , a lavish photographic book of this kind , and of this price , must stand or fall on the sheer quality of the pictures selected and the way in which they are presented . |
| 19 | Milken refused to play the game of domino justice , so the case against him will stand or fall on its own merits . |
| 20 | Mr Karimov knows that he will stand or fall on his ability to stave off economic collapse . |
| 21 | But the argument must stand or fall on its merits . |
| 22 | But the ordination of women does not stand or fall on that , rather it is related back to our understanding of God and of men and women created and redeemed in that image . |
| 23 | With respect to a concept of orthogenesis the validity of internally direction evolution does not stand or fall on what various specialists such as molecular biologists , have to offer . |
| 24 | Which could be seen as a good thing ; after all , in the eyes of sceptical guitarists the GR-1 could stand or fall on its immediate user-friendly appeal . |
| 25 | It seems that this is a case that will stand or fall on its own particular facts . |
| 26 | The success of the new News at Ten will stand or fall on his relationship with the seven million plus viewers . |
| 27 | For the government , acceptance of central planning did not stand or fall on the issue of nationalisation . |
| 28 | While difficulties in calculating harm may impede the application of the ‘ harm-to-others ’ principle , the regulation of insider dealing should not stand or fall on the fact that proof of harm is difficult to acquire . |
| 29 | Heinemann has a one volume FCE course entitled Target First Certificate , and this has neither prequels nor sequels and will stand or fall on its own merits . |
| 30 | Their case would stand or fall on her reliability . |