Example sentences of "stand [adv prt] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fellow Cooperite Sir Brian Jenkins stands down as Mayor on 12 November . |
| 2 | Sir Peter , stands down at BP in spring next year . |
| 3 | PETER Swales announced today that he was ready to stand down as chairman of trouble-torn Manchester City . |
| 4 | MR NEIL KINNOCK and Mr Roy Hattersley — elected on Labour 's so-called ‘ dream ’ leadership ticket almost nine years ago — will announce today that they are to stand down as leader and deputy leader . |
| 5 | Professor Eloff ( Northern Transvaal ) is representing Dr Danie Craven , who has run South African rugby for more than 30 years and is about to stand down on grouds of age and health . |
| 6 | Roy Hattersley is to stand down with Mr Kinnock . |
| 7 | Peter Swales : ‘ waiting for the right offer ’ to stand down at Maine Road |
| 8 | Mrs Grant has decided to stand down from HIE , where she has been on the board since its inception two years ago , because of increasing work commitments . |
| 9 | As part of the deal Mr de Ferranti agreed to stand down in favour of Sir Derek and to allow James Guerin , International Signal 's founder , to come on to the board as deputy chairman . |
| 10 | Even Thatcherite loyalists were reported to be discussing the possibility of persuading her to stand down in favour of Major . |
| 11 | Here the combined efforts of Richard Acland , Liberal MP for a neighbouring constituency , and the local Left Book Club helped to persuade the local Liberal and Labour parties to stand down in favour of Vernon Bartlett , a journalist , broadcaster and former employee of the LNU . |
| 12 | The candidate who took third place in the first round , however , Manandafy Rakotonirina , was expected to stand down in favour of Zafy . |
| 13 | Make a cylinder big enough for your child to stand in with comfort and cut out two eye holes . |
| 14 | 24 , said : ‘ They agreed to stand in as headliners at the last minute . |
| 15 | ( They disport themselves to accommodate the next piece of mime , which consists of the PLAYER himself exhibiting an excitable anguish ( choreographed , stylized ) leading to an impassioned scene with the QUEEN ( cf. " The Closet Scene " , Shakespeare Act III , scene iv ) and a very stylized reconstruction of a POLONIUS figure being stabbed behind the arras ( the murdered KING to stand in for POLONIUS ) while the PLAYER himself continues his breathless commentary for the benefit of ROS and GUIL . ) |
| 16 | Or , from the Viz diary of a made-up Hollywood stunt man : ‘ I was asked to stand in for Mel Gibson in Lethal Weapon II , but I turned it down 'cos Patsy Kensit 's got tits like fried eggs . ’ |
| 17 | It is not surprising then that the earliest women to enter politics did so as ‘ surrogate ’ males , to stand in for husbands or fathers ( see the case of Nancy , Lady Astor ) or that no ‘ monstrous regiment ’ of women was waiting to overwhelm men in the battle for parliamentary seats . |
| 18 | She moved to Tonight , The Nine O'Clock News and The Six O'Clock News before leaving current affairs to stand in for Wogan . |
| 19 | Here then is an act that combines humility and repentance and stands along with baptism and communion as heavily symbolic ceremonies which require simple elements to carry them out . |
| 20 | Storry stands in for Mantle |
| 21 | Simon Povoas , the replacement on Saturday , stands in for Richards again and Jez Harris , a bench reserve of late , gets a run at outside-half instead of Ainscough . |
| 22 | Russ Abbot stands in for Leslie Crowther |
| 23 | Derek Andrews should be sampling but G. stands in during Andrews ' holidays . |
| 24 | Furthermore , a careful history and physical examination permit a confident diagnosis that stands up over time . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | This is fine as long as the music stands up to scrutiny . |
| 27 | Their attitude scarcely stands up to scrutiny . |
| 28 | ‘ We are delighted with the results so far , especially the performance , which stands up to comparison with the rest of the sports car world . |
| 29 | This is not , however , a presumption that stands up to examination . |
| 30 | His hair always stands up on end ! |