Example sentences of "[noun] stand [adv prt] in [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Will Primavera stand out in front of such a cut-out ? |
| 3 | The pub stood back in silence . |
| 4 | 3 Headings and write-in rules stand out in colour . |
| 5 | Of those connected with the BUF the experience of three individuals stands out in connection with the impact of the first World War . |
| 6 | It was a long speech , but only one point stood out in Sophie 's mind . |
| 7 | Then the Christians stood up in front of their barricade and put their arms round each other 's shoulders . |
| 8 | You get a whole class of thirty-five people sat round absolutely mucking about , chucking books , ripping up books , everything like that , and the teacher stood out in front of the classroom writing a load of work down on the blackboard you ca n't really work . |
| 9 | Then , he could soak in the vivid feeling of the song until the sweat stood out in gobbets on his forehead and his veins swelled in his neck like vines and Nunzia and Maria Filippa listening would wring their hands , invoking the protection of all the saints against that winged demon Fate flapping at his back . |
| 10 | Several other Muslim families stood by in shock , their eyes fixed on brush fires scorching the opposite hillside . |
| 11 | The Dominican stood back in surprise but then nodded . |
| 12 | HarperCollins stands out in terms of both quality and volume of titles published , with Little , Brown 's Orbit imprint and Random House 's Legend list also showing strongly . |
| 13 | I mean it was one thing standing up in front of my own group and giving a lecture , but it was quite another kettle of kippers doing it in front of a strange class . |
| 14 | The dealers , exporters and wholesalers walking round inspecting the produce , discussing prices , negotiating ; the hangers-on standing about in groups smoking , chatting ; the market police and official inspectors strolling round seeing that all is in order . |
| 15 | WHEN Satanic Verses author Salman Rushdie went to a party in London , a posse of armed police stood by in case of attacks by Muslim fanatics . |
| 16 | Ill-dressed children stood around in groups , scowling at the intruders . |
| 17 | When Prime Minister John Major stood up in Parliament yesterday , he was the mere messenger sent at the end of a marital power struggle to announce a victory that belonged to Diana . |
| 18 | Where shrubs or small trees are in front of a wall , create an interesting effect by illuminating the wall rather than the shrub so that the shrub stands out in silhouette . |
| 19 | Video and one-way mirrors allow designers to see how their systems stand up in practice . |
| 20 | They included warning local air traffic control and having hundreds of gallons of water and pumps standing by in case of accident . |
| 21 | The broken sails of the old windmill stood out in silhouette against the sky like a scarecrow 's arms , and as she looked at them a sudden wonderful idea flashed into Cheryl 's mind . |
| 22 | IT CA N'T be very long before a rapist or a murderer stands up in court and pleads in defence : ‘ It was n't me , Your Honour , it was the Press . ’ |