Example sentences of "stand [adv prt] [adv] against " in BNC.
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| 1 | Positioned within a few inches of the speaker 's lips , they produce a strong speech signal which stands out clearly against noisy backgrounds . |
| 2 | The low flute-notes here stand out clearly against the almost inaudible muted trombone chord . |
| 3 | And even then the pageant is not over , for the leaves change colour before they shrivel , and when they drop off , the bare gnarled trees stand out fantastically against the winter sky . |
| 4 | ‘ The whole area needs looking at : the book trade catalogues do n't stand up well against non-book catalogues . ’ |
| 5 | A miniature thorn-clad island dominated its centre , standing out darkly against the surrounding bright water . |
| 6 | Dante was right to respect him , for Dante had no Greek , and the Aeneid would have stood out nobly against such literature as was available in the year 1300 . |
| 7 | It stood out whitely against the tanned skin , exactly as Tamar had described it , when telling of her attacker several years ago . |
| 8 | Their white umbrellas stood out vividly against the harsh terrain of the mountain . |
| 9 | The black-out curtains which were rolled neatly above the windows stood out starkly against the light green walls and wooden skirting boards . |
| 10 | The shards of horn stood out starkly against the snow-cloud sky . |
| 11 | The young eagle trembled with fear , and then shivered with cold and loneliness as he looked at the cage that surrounded him , and above to where the bars and wire mesh stood out harshly against the lowering sky . |
| 12 | The evening shadows were lengthening , one or two lights were coming on in buildings across the city and the dark mass of the cathedral stood out sharply against the soft viridian sky . |