Example sentences of "[noun] stands [adv prt] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Aldergrove stands by for big take-off |
| 2 | One building stands out in this dispiriting panorama of post-war mediocrity : a dark powerful mass of brickwork with a tall central tower that stands right across the Thames from Wren 's dome . |
| 3 | French Professor stands down from British transplant centre |
| 4 | I will be true despite thy scythe and thee ’ ) , in Sonnet 116 the Friend seems to have receded into the background while the poet stands up for all men ; Although the poet 's love is included in the affirmation , I would agree with Ingram and Redpath in seeing the poem rather as ‘ a meditative attempt to define perfect love ’ . |
| 5 | Tommy 's record as a manager stands up to any scrutiny ; two championships , three Bass Cups , ten other trophies and regular jaunts to Europe . |
| 6 | One incident stands out in particular as a point when I felt there was little more I could do : |
| 7 | By contrast with the calculating prose of the bawd , listing the attractions of his new acquisition , Marina 's verse stands out with greater pathos ( IV.ii.64–6 ) . |
| 8 | The last American Air Force Squadron at RAF Upper Heyford stands down from active duty today . |
| 9 | Prominence is the related psychological notion : Halliday defines it simply as " the general name for the phenomenon of linguistic highlighting , whereby some linguistic feature stands out in some way " . " |