Example sentences of "[conj] standing [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was such a jolly little lighthouse , white , and standing at the very end of a promontory . |
| 2 | He opened its eyes , and standing astride the small body , he clasped it between his rough hands and pulled it up . |
| 3 | If considerations of foreign diplomacy , unquestionably influenced by his personal fears of the international power of world Jewry , were paramount , the protection of his prestige and standing among the German public was clearly also a matter of concern to Hitler . |
| 4 | Such a scene can still be witnessed while standing on the quaint little hump-backed bridge opposite the mill . |
| 5 | While standing in the same street , joy would notice the creative window displays and smiling faces , hear the laughter and smell the roasting chestnuts on the street corner ; while Gloom would see the traffic , litter and inflated prices , hear the honking horns and smell the exhaust fumes . |
| 6 | We encountered this view at the beginning of this book , in the dialogues of Plato , where we found talk of ‘ the ascent to see the things in the upper world [ which ] you may take as standing for the upward journey into the region of the intelligible ’ . |
| 7 | The party chairman , Godfrey M'Mwereria , an environmentalist and former lecturer at Kenyatta University , said he would contest the forthcoming presidential elections , as well as standing for the parliamentary seat of Tigania in Meru district . |
| 8 | The poor Christian settlers in the mountains view the Buid as standing in the same relationship to them as they stand to their own patrons . |