Example sentences of "[noun] stand [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The jump will be a familiar sight to people who attended the Citroen stand at the Yorkshire Show last year . |
| 2 | She and Fairfax stand beside the stream in front of her tent . |
| 3 | Throughout the season , film-makers and critics will discuss their work and ideas with audiences to explore the prevailing themes of French cinema ; recent state support for new directors , particularly through television ; and the possibilities of developing Anglo-French co-productions as our two nations stand on the threshold of the new Europe . |
| 4 | There is no certainty that it will happen but it is possible that the deaf people of this country and of other EC countries stand on the threshold of a breakthrough in their fortunes . |
| 5 | Before continuing with the history of Marx 's and Engels 's ideas in our field until the present , we must first examine how these ideas stand in the light of modern developments in anthropology . |
| 6 | Meanwhile the local MP has backed the workers stand against the factory closure : |
| 7 | Society officials stand by the Sotheby 's deal , saying it abides by their institution 's own deaccessioning rules . |
| 8 | These initials stand for the H uman I mmuno-deficiency V irus . |
| 9 | The initials stand for the State Earnings Related Pension Scheme . |
| 10 | The lead statues of the four patron saints of the British Isles stand on the corners of the roof balustrade . |
| 11 | ‘ ONLY A few small seas and rather larger mountain ranges stand in the way of the completion of a Euro-megalopolis which spreads from Glasgow to Milan ’ , according to Terence Bendixson , a transport researcher . |
| 12 | You stand a chance as things stand at the minute . |
| 13 | Colin our man at Lane as always , comprehensive coverage of that game throughout the evening , including some second half commentary as well , we 'll be sharing that second half commentary certainly as things stand at the moment with the game at er in the Coca Cola Cup third round replay where there could be a shock , third division Shrewsbury against premiership Blackburn , although at the moment the premiership team are doing pretty well , Blackburn already a goal to the good and the goal scorer now confirmed as Mike after six minutes . |
| 14 | If you want to see someone , none of these things stand in the way ! |
| 15 | If some , but not all , occurrences of X stand in the relation R to Y , and some , but not all , occurrences of Y stand in the relation R to X , then we shall say that X and Y are semi-Rs : |
| 16 | Obviously , if no occurrences of X stand in the relation R to Y , then X is not any kind of R of Y , so disjunction has no counterpart among congruence variants . |
| 17 | Passengers stand in the road as it approaches . |
| 18 | While sex segregation is endemic in the labour market , ‘ SSDs stand at the top of the league table in the welfare state ’ , as Christine Hallett noted in 1989 . |
| 19 | A larger group of people stand on the outskirts surveying the spectacle and we join them . |
| 20 | In Matthew the disciples stand for the Church , as does the phrase ‘ the kingdom of heaven ’ . |
| 21 | Today the girls stand in the courtyard of the Columbus Clinic in Via Buanarotti near the Fiera ( Metro stops Buonarotti or Wagner , for those determined to see what all the fuss was about ; purely in the interests of research , of course ) . |
| 22 | Visit the Schwartz stand at the BBC Good Food Show and you could win an attractive Schwartz wooden spice rack ( spices not included ) . |
| 23 | During the summer QC , the immediate past Chairman of the Bar Services Committee , attended the ABA Conference in San Francisco and was in daily contact by video conference from the PictureTel stand in the Expo . |
| 24 | After breakfast it is parade and the men stand in the lines while the warders , who are backed by the fire power of the guards , come with their lists to count and recount . |
| 25 | What appears to be a pair of Zombies stand by the west wall , one in either corner , with a a cleaver in one hand and a filleting knife in the other . |
| 26 | The suitcases stand in the hallway , repacked with clothes I 've spent all night washing and pressing . |
| 27 | Two main factors stand in the way of adventurous design , MacCormac believes : ‘ In the inner cities , the cost of land has been so high that individual homes have not been economic ; in the country , local planning committees are one of the big barriers . |
| 28 | The boys stand behind the chairs with one boy behind a vacant one . |
| 29 | Note that several churches stand on the perimeters of more than one circle and that a further circle has been drawn , centred on Gresford church , connecting the circle centres with two churches . |
| 30 | If some , but not all , occurrences of X stand in the relation R to Y , and some , but not all , occurrences of Y stand in the relation R to X , then we shall say that X and Y are semi-Rs : |