Example sentences of "stand [adv prt] against [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He can not be taken for granted as simply ‘ there ’ in our religious sense , our spiritual depth , or our moral awareness , for he transcends , he stands over against all of these . |
| 2 | But Joseph was now resigned to moving to the reservation , saying : ‘ It required a strong heart to stand up against such talk , but I urged my people to be quiet , and not to begin a war . ’ |
| 3 | How , they argue , would Alice , or The Wind in the Willows , stand up against such scrutiny ? |
| 4 | As we can see rather graphically here , the difference in if you stand back against that wall if you would very kindly , erm you see here the difference in level between nineteen ninety |
| 5 | The last words of the song , ‘ singing sorrowless ’ , stand out against this current , but still wherever the lovers go it is ‘ away ’ , ‘ in the forest ’ , maybe the forest of mortality and final death . |