Example sentences of "stand [adv prt] against [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The new outlook we have been outlining as coming to stand over against Christian orthodoxy was by no means necessarily irreligious or anti-religious . |
| 2 | Only the A E U have the courage to stand up against big brother , the T U C , warning against denying the unemployed a glimmer of hope . |
| 3 | Parents often stand out against troublesome behaviour for some time , only to give in eventually . |
| 4 | The British people understand what is happening in the EC , and they understand that the Government have stood out against other Governments in blocking positive measures which would have benefited our citizens . |
| 5 | When Mr Cerezo , before his election , stood up against successive military regimes the rightists tried to kill him . |