Example sentences of "[adj] stand in the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well there 's a cat , I do n't know who 's black and white cat it is it comes from the council houses and that stands in the middle of the road ! |
| 2 | The most aggressively anti-environmentalist farmers are probably the agribusinessmen who allow little to stand in the way of enhanced profit margins and who are largely indifferent to aesthetic considerations . |
| 3 | All three stood in the hallway , the woman backed up to the wall , a finger and thumb goring her cheeks . |
| 4 | When seeking old routes ‘ by eye ’ rather than with the aid of a map , I have often found it useful to stand in the middle of an old bridge and look towards the nearest hills . |
| 5 | Emily lifted her head and breathed in the sweet March air , it was good to stand in the garden of Summer Lodge looking out over a tranquil sea with timid waves reaching for the shore . |
| 6 | Oh Sunday it was really bad cos he had these people turn up for lunch and erm , said it 's Sam arranged to come and collect him quarter to six and then we went up to Fore Gate for lunch and then we came back here and had erm we were all standing in the kitchen here , knock on the door , a walked in , I 'd completely forgotten about it |
| 7 | As Adam Smith remarks in 1759 : ‘ When a person comes into his chamber , and finds the chairs all standing in the middle of the room , he is angry with his servant , and rather than see them continue in that disorder , perhaps takes the trouble himself to set them all in their places with their backs to the wall . |
| 8 | It seemed that no obstacle at all stood in the way of the Empress 's plans — unless Isabel were willing to sacrifice Edmund . |
| 9 | Ralf the pedlar stood in the centre of the drawbridge , a pleased smile stretching from ear to ear . |
| 10 | But many democrats , in France and elsewhere , were concerned that the traditionally dominant minority of the rich and propertied should no longer be able to stand in the way of the will and the interests of the great majority . |
| 11 | Not only would she be able to stand in the Commons bar and glare at Conservatives who betrayed her during the leadership contest , thus putting them off their ill-earned whiskies , but chastise those responsible for mishandling the Tory campaign . |
| 12 | His stage presence lately has been little more than a presence ; he seems happy to stand in the shadows , occupying his usual spot on the drum riser while the spotlight dances on Bez and Bez dances with Rowetta and Rowetta plays with her whip , a caricature bad girl playing with the bad boys . |
| 13 | But she did n't think it would be advisable to stand in the way of Isabelle Defries , either . |
| 14 | Boss Kevin Keegan is not pushing the 30-year-old striker out of the door , but he is unlikely to stand in the way if Quinn decides he wants to leave . |
| 15 | She kept giving lifts to boys in the corridors and provided chairs for those standing in the queues . |
| 16 | She 'd sensed something when he 'd first stood in the garden with the children ; she 'd sensed it when she 'd opened the hall door to him . |
| 17 | There were so many reasons he could think of that stood in the way of his emulating Sebastian Smith of Greycoats that he could not start to list them . |
| 18 | It can be seen that B and C both stand in the relation of dominance to E , but neither stands in that relation to the other ; hence , the structure is not a hierarchy , according to our definition . |