Example sentences of "stand [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even when you 've got the hand of it there 's precious little skill involved — you just stand toe to toe and hit each other ! |
| 2 | The colours of the stripes stand ford courage and sacrifice , truth and peace and faith and chivalry . |
| 3 | Armed guards stand watch . |
| 4 | Stand stand stand . |
| 5 | The spokesman from Rough Trade took great care before releasing the following statement : ‘ The Smiths stand 100% behind the lyrics to all their songs . |
| 6 | The danger here is that stand personnel 's time can be taken up talking to the converted , whereas the objective should be to seek to interest potential customers . |
| 7 | But on controversial bills , many of the amendments at the committee stage and the debates at the end of each clause on the motion ‘ that clause X stand part of the bill ’ merely give the Opposition a chance to reiterate its objections . |
| 8 | You will be taken to London and stand trial for your life before King 's Bench at Westminster . |
| 9 | There were also demands that former President and party leader , Yumjaagiyn Tsedenbal , should return to Mongolia from exile in Moscow and stand trial for " Stalinist crimes " [ for Tsedenbal 's removal from office in 1984 see p. 33159 ] . |
| 10 | Two drivers stand trial over deaths of five young people . |
| 11 | I would commend the motion as it stand Chairman and hope that the that the council will vote for it . |
| 12 | In the Netherlands the dominant breed today is the Holstein-Friesian , bred to be strong , fertile , productive , adaptable and large : the cows stand 140–150cm at the withers . |
| 13 | I stand rock still in my corner . |
| 14 | The correspondence files of my hon. Friend the Member for Kettering ( Mr. Freeman ) , my predecessor , stand witness to the fact that the existence of the list size limit was known and was the subject of substantial criticism from representative organisations within the profession . |
| 15 | These ancient piles of stones , long known as the Three Men of Gragareth , have an origin beyond the memory of man : they stand side by side , mute sentinels overlooking a vast panorama that has never changed and never will . |
| 16 | They arrive at our drive where the bins stand side by side . |
| 17 | Referring again to accusations of a one-sided approach by police , he declared : ‘ From where we stand murder is murder . |
| 18 | As we arrived very early we were told that stand transfer tickets could be obtained from the office . |
| 19 | All over the tropics stand termite hills . |
| 20 | Stand tins on a baking tray lined with a double thickness of brown paper . |
| 21 | Spouthouse Aqueduct crosses a minor road , by which stand Dyas Take Away and a supermarket . |
| 22 | The consequences of that assertion , if it is valid , are peculiar and alarming ; but fortunately I can examine it without criticising the sovereign or impugning her judgement , because ministerial advice that ministerial advice is not requisite is also ministerial advice , for which ministers must take responsibility and stand question . |
| 23 | Soldiers stand guard on street corners and roam the city at night . |
| 24 | Outside the local military headquarters the Turkish Military Police stand guard . |
| 25 | What seem to be four candlesticks — designed in the same sugary style — stand guard around it and a fifth , a little distance from the main confectionary , is crowned with a gilded figure . |
| 26 | Police stand guard , not to keep people out but to ensure nothing is taken away as investigators sift through secret files , looking for evidence of official misdeeds . |
| 27 | Many gregarious species obviously co-operate with others of their own kind , to the benefit of all : lionesses co-operate in hunting , and in bringing up the cubs ; meerkats stand guard over the colony . |
| 28 | Leoni had it built for his private use and pleasure , decorating it with eight giant caryatids who stand guard on either side of the door . |
| 29 | The soldiers that stand guard beside the entrances to the colonies and rush to defend any breach in the walls , are armed with jaws so huge that they can no longer gather food for themselves and have to be fed by the workers . |
| 30 | Thus in a beehive the worker bees , depending on their age , will either feed the young , stand guard and repel strangers , forage for food or ventilate the hive by beating their wings . |