Example sentences of "not stand " in BNC.
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| 1 | T. Behrens gives the impression that he has more to say about himself than the progress of this mad love — to which he did not stand all that close at the time , brother as he was — has allowed him to come up with . |
| 2 | The idea may not stand too much scrutiny , but it has charm . |
| 3 | A further disrupting factor was the academy 's assumption that knowledge did not stand still but was advancing and progressive ; if English accepted the security and opportunities of academic institutionalization , then it had to accept its concept of knowledge , and generate appropriate forms and volume of research . |
| 4 | He wanted them to gather last Friday and be absented from their weekend round of Championship matches , but even Albert Ferrasse , the autocratic French Federation president , would not stand for that . |
| 5 | John Prescott , who did not stand last year , leaped to third place above both Tony Benn and Dennis Skinner , who used to come first and second . |
| 6 | Alas , this book need all the blackmail it can get , for it can not stand up by itself to disinterested scrutiny . |
| 7 | The shibboleth of the DM3 standard should not stand in the way of entry at a realistic level , which would probably be at around DM2.80 to the pound . |
| 8 | Given his concern with the exchange rate , the argument does not stand up to analysis . |
| 9 | DENIS Winston Healey is having a certain amount of characteristically mischievous fun with journalists at the moment , on the question of whether he will or will not stand at the next election . |
| 10 | The project proved impolitic : the public would not stand for it , so the Government discarded or diluted ideology to avoid unpopularity . |
| 11 | There were fears that statements made by Belgian security service officers would not stand up in court . |
| 12 | Constables have a definite view about the style of authority they prefer in officers , which is summed up well by the remark that they need to be ‘ one of the boys ’ : that is , they should not stand on ceremony and overtly assert their authority . |
| 13 | powerful local managers may not stand for centralised decision making . |
| 14 | I can not stand it any longer , if someone does not come to me I will give up and be miserable for ever and perhaps go home of my own accord , write or wire to Uncle C. and say you are coming at once pleas darling , and come on Saturday or I will give up altogether and always wretched . |
| 15 | Yet the Imperial side of the argument — whatever view may be taken of the fiscal , economic and domestic — would not stand up to examination . |
| 16 | All magicians can be tested by laughter because corruption can not stand mockery ; and when his daughter laughed at him he drove her out into the wilderness , and she lived in the wilderness with the wild beasts and angels ministered to her . |
| 17 | That he could not stand . |
| 18 | The reasons for the brutality and racism which are displayed every day at the ports of entry in Britain and at the British High Commissions in the Indian subcontinent are the laws themselves — laws which are seen as essential to wider government policy and which though blatantly racist ( in fact they would not stand up before the Race Relations Act ) were each introduced as a contribution to good community relations . |
| 19 | ‘ Better not stand about . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ After I stopped eating factory-farmed meat I now can not stand the feeling of eating flesh . |
| 21 | The Transport Secretary , Mr Cecil Parkinson , assured the Commons yesterday that financial considerations would not stand in the way of implementing Sir Anthony Hidden 's 93 recommendations . |
| 22 | I can assure the House that finance will not stand in the way of implementation of the report . ’ |
| 23 | MR CECIL Parkinson , the Transport Secretary , gave an assurance to the Commons yesterday that financial considerations would not stand in the way of implementing recommendations of the Clapham disaster report . |
| 24 | But he promised : ‘ I can assure the House that finance will not stand in the way of the implementation of the report . ’ |
| 25 | Surely the world can not stand idly by and watch this country of eight million people go through the agony of war yet again ? |
| 26 | Mikkelborg 's composition probably would not stand up without Davis , but then it was not designed to . |
| 27 | Mr Gerlach , the acting head of state , said later he was ‘ not happy ’ about taking over his new role and would not stand as a candidate in the necessary Volkskammer election . |
| 28 | Mr Gerlach , the acting head of state , said later he was ‘ not happy ’ about taking over his new role and would not stand as a candidate in the necessary Volkskammer election . |
| 29 | Mr Gerlach , the acting head of state , said later he was ‘ not happy ’ about taking over his new role and would not stand as a candidate in the necessary Volkskammer election . |
| 30 | Mr Perez de Cuellar says he will not stand again . |