Example sentences of "stand [adv prt] to [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everyone , that is , except 20-year-old Darcey Bussell , who , as the rich fleshpot 's daughter Ganzatti , stands up to Asylnuratova 's presence with a staggering authority . |
| 2 | Reports from Kampuchea claim that the country 's 35,000-man army is good enough to stand up to Khmer Rouge incursions . |
| 3 | Maxine Johnson , who had been uneasy at his interview , was worried about whether Sutton would ‘ be able to stand up to Pilger ’ . |
| 4 | The Office of Fair Trading chose not to examine this market and the Hatton Garden traders have not always been able to stand up to Ratner 's negotiating muscle . |
| 5 | Frankly , I do n't think he has the moral power or courage to stand up to Dublin and take Dublin on . |
| 6 | I could n't imagine any of them having the nerve to stand up to Filmer and demand their money . |
| 7 | I thought Bobby Carter was a brave man to stand up to Billy , and him twice his size . ’ |
| 8 | Cordelia , Kent , and France , who stand up to Lear , and whose judgement mutually reinforces one another , are right then , and are shown to be right by the way the action develops . |
| 9 | Often , the manufacturers do not even know to what extent their equipment will stand up to RFI . |
| 10 | That Navarro Rubio should stand up to Franco in this way was indicative of how power relations within the regime had changed since the Civil War . |
| 11 | ‘ If I can stand up to McEnroe I can stand up to anyone . ’ |
| 12 | For even as he was being celebrated for standing up to China , Mr Patten was trying to transmit the message that there is a difference between trade and economics , on the one hand , and politics on the other . |
| 13 | Others applauded him for standing up to America . |
| 14 | They see the war as an unequal contest between a 30-nation coalition and a lone Arab country , the purpose of which was to destroy the only Arab state capable of standing up to Israel . |
| 15 | He said today : ‘ I do n't see this Prime Minister standing up to Dublin . |
| 16 | Egyptians like an underdog ; many of them privately admit to thinking that , whatever his faults , Saddam has guts for standing up to Uncle Sam . |
| 17 | To compound the problems for the keeper standing back to Walsh is the fact that the ball swings and dips a lot after it pitches . |
| 18 | Annabel had talked so much to her parents about the beautiful girl with the long golden hair , and how she had openly stood up to Sister Mary , that it was decided to invite this child to have tea with the family . |
| 19 | Celie finally stood up to Albert after Shug told him that she was taking Celie with her to Memphis . |
| 20 | Time Major stood up to Dublin , says Paisley |
| 21 | ‘ Oh , there were good times and bad times , ’ said Connor , adding reminiscently , ‘ Did I ever tell you of the night I stood up to Jack Johnson ? ’ |