Example sentences of "stand out against " in BNC.
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| 1 | The contemporary hero is one who stands out against the crowd to fulfil a personal destiny . |
| 2 | Look and see 'ow they stands out against t'brown o' t'earth . |
| 3 | This was a surprising development ; Derry had a relatively weak Labour movement and had too small a population to create a sizeable pool of individuals who were prepared to stand out against the political and social attitudes of the majority . |
| 4 | If we want to have that freedom again — to stand out against the trend and , if necessary , to be on our own — then I pray that the Government will look hard at the question of retaining the right of a single foreign policy , with the decisions made by this country alone . |
| 5 | What is worse is that the caravans are painted white so that they stand out against the green landscape . |
| 6 | Parents often stand out against troublesome behaviour for some time , only to give in eventually . |
| 7 | The last words of the song , ‘ singing sorrowless ’ , stand out against this current , but still wherever the lovers go it is ‘ away ’ , ‘ in the forest ’ , maybe the forest of mortality and final death . |
| 8 | This is the complement of many people 's memories of being in school as a pupil : one or two teachers , and a handful of ‘ high spots ’ , stand out against a background that was , for many , at best unmemorable and at worst something to be deliberately forgotten . |
| 9 | These high trees stand out against an evening sky with violet stripes on a yellow ground , which higher up turns into pink , into green . |
| 10 | The computer model at Britain 's Meteorological Office predicts that the fires ' effect on this year 's monsoon will probably not stand out against the monsoon 's annual variations . |
| 11 | When designing a silhouette picture you will have to adopt a different technique from normal , as the shape of the flowers and foliage must really stand out against the background . |
| 12 | ‘ And you must stand out against it . |
| 13 | The lyric is not generically debarred from standing out against the state , or from taking a generous interest in what goes on in the world . |
| 14 | This is particularly the case when as here , they are preserved in dark shales , the white calcite of the animal 's skeleton standing out against the background . |
| 15 | It was a large split-level home , with unexpected staircases going , it seemed , in all directions , their wrought-iron banisters standing out against the pale-yellow broadloom which covered both stairs and floors throughout the house . |
| 16 | Bertrand Russell , who took over the chairmanship of the NCF when Allen was jailed , later remarked : ‘ In some men the habit of standing out against the herd had become so ingrained that they could not co-operate with anybody about anything . ’ |
| 17 | Even while Dick was lowering Martin to the ground , he had his head turned in the direction of the dark blur standing out against the night and it was only a matter of seconds before he raised himself and his gun towards it . |
| 18 | The dispute was being regarded as a trial of strength by the labour movement ( in a nationwide context of increased union militancy ) and the solidarity of all the trades in the printing industry impressed the employers still standing out against the men 's memorial . |
| 19 | Across the river , standing out against a background of emerging green vegetation , was a large bird with marbled black and brown cryptic plumage and a long bill . |
| 20 | This might have seemed merely the occupational hazard of the self-indulgent restaurateur , but for a manic edge contributed by the tightly-curled crop of hair , the thin cigar drooping from his wide mouth and the garishness of a turquoise tie standing out against a black suit and matching shirt . |
| 21 | It 's the nicest site around and from the surrounding countryside you 'd have seen the white mounds of the burial sites standing out against the sky , right against the heavens |
| 22 | He had already stood out against the Board 's obstinacy by forcing out their version of the comparative costs between nuclear- and coal-powered electricity ( see Chapter Six ) . |
| 23 | But to you … well , you must have stood out against him to do what you 've done the night so … so far ; you 'ave me thanks . ’ |
| 24 | They had stood out against ‘ the general voice of the whole British population ’ for emancipation ‘ was not a party question ; all denominations , whether Whig or Tory , Saint or Radical were united upon this one great point ’ . |
| 25 | The most publicized cases of such non-co-operation have occurred where some authorities have stood out against the minister on a highly political issue . |
| 26 | Trouble was , I 'd stood out against Crumwallis earlier this week . |
| 27 | The British people understand what is happening in the EC , and they understand that the Government have stood out against other Governments in blocking positive measures which would have benefited our citizens . |
| 28 | Masaryk was an eminent liberal scholar who stood out against the Catholic-led anti-semitic hysteria of the 1890s . |
| 29 | The Irish colony of Knokvergence at Cable Street stood out against the newer buildings of Pennington . |
| 30 | Several old barges , beached deliberately years before in an attempt to slow down the river bank erosion , stood out against the moonlit water like defiant skeletons . |