Example sentences of "[prep] stand [adv prt] [prep] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They see the war as an unequal contest between a 30-nation coalition and a lone Arab country , the purpose of which was to destroy the only Arab state capable of standing up to Israel . |
| 2 | Others applauded him for standing up to America . |
| 3 | For even as he was being celebrated for standing up to China , Mr Patten was trying to transmit the message that there is a difference between trade and economics , on the one hand , and politics on the other . |
| 4 | Egyptians like an underdog ; many of them privately admit to thinking that , whatever his faults , Saddam has guts for standing up to Uncle Sam . |
| 5 | Government were to be warmly congratulated for standing up for Britain at Brussels . |