Example sentences of "standing [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | His penis was standing through the cotton slit , throbbing . |
| 2 | It might seem that the primeval Fall underlies this poem 's events as surely as Venice underlies its epigraph , standing as the reality which underlies various writers ' interpretations . |
| 3 | The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff was also standing as the man behind the desk read the slip of paper he had just been handed . |
| 4 | The actions were consolidated , the plaintiff 's action standing as the claim , the defendants ' claim for the commission being the counterclaim . |
| 5 | His final decision was possibly taken at the time of the war with Alaric , when he may have thought that there was propaganda value to be gained by standing as the defender of the catholic Church ; he was subsequently baptised , probably in 508 . |
| 6 | Three sixth formers are fighting the election Cathy Wimpenny is the Republican candidate , Stephen Edwards is the Democrat and Lee Barlow is standing as the Ross Perot-style Independent . |
| 7 | Adjusting to middle-age is its other main concern , with Marrakech ( perceived by Walter entirely through the lush vagueness of travel-brochure prose ) standing for the life of exotic , unfettered opportunity that becomes increasingly unattainable . |
| 8 | The other two Tribunites are Clare Short — who won a strong vote last year — and Harriet Harman , health spokesperson , who is standing for the Shadow Cabinet for the first time . |
| 9 | Among the candidates is Alessandra Mussolini , granddaughter of Il Duce , standing for the neo-fascist MSI party in Milan . |
| 10 | There are several rival Opinion Poll candidates , standing for the principle of opinion polls themselves as the most truly democratic form of government , with the prospect of a permanent general election . |
| 11 | The opening shots of the campaign were fired when Mr Gould — who is also standing for the deputy leadership along with Mr John Prescott , transport spokesman — implicitly criticised the tax policies which formed the centrepiece of his adversary 's pre-election shadow Budget . |
| 12 | Her intervention — after dismissing reports at the weekend that she would be standing for the deputy leadership — will be seen as an attempt to block Mr Gould 's bid for the post . |
| 13 | When a number of us here did a study of the 1984 Chesterfield by-election , where Tony Benn was standing for the first time , and asked constituents themselves what they felt about the broadcast coverage , they repeatedly used the word ‘ bias ’ to describe it . |
| 14 | No doubt as to where I would be standing for the eight-hour day , two miles out to sea . |
| 15 | As a proper noun standing for the state of being modern it has never really caught on as a popular word in everyday speech . |
| 16 | Former leader Neil Kinnock is expected to top the NEC poll and Shadow Chancellor Gordon Brown , standing for the first time , is also expected to sweep in . |
| 17 | But these were succeeded by bright little bandboxes of social aspiration ; newly painted doors , carriage lamps , an occasional hanging basket , the front garden paved to provide standing for the car . |
| 18 | They perceive it as standing for the interest of society as a whole , and are constrained by this ideological view to tolerate its infringements of their sectarian interests , providing that these are not too severe . |
| 19 | We were talking about the National Executive Committee and she was thinking of standing for the women 's section . |
| 20 | On the other hand , their situation is structured , and ( ‘ holism' here standing for the idea that the parts of a whole behave as the whole requires ) we are interested in the social constraints on their actions . |
| 21 | The two trees : the phrase " good and evil " may well be a Hebrew idiom standing for the full range of moral knowledge represented by the two extremes . |
| 22 | They are standing for the rest of the afternoon . |
| 23 | 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 ’ . |
| 24 | The sentence had no effect on Barry 's eligibility to complete his current term ( due to expire on Jan. 2 , 1991 ) or to fulfil his stated intention of standing for the city council elections on Nov. 6 . |
| 25 | For instance ( using the familiar Venn diagrams ) it will be said that the underlined phrase of ( 11 ) ( which is , incidentally , a zoologically correct statement ) owes its restrictive quality to the fact that there is an intersection between circle a , standing for the class of piranhas , and circle b , standing for the class of vegetarian creatures , and this intersection represents the beings denoted by the subject of the sentence : ( 11 ) vegetarian piranhas can be found in the Amazon ( 12 ) However , such implications are incorrect ; it is by no means necessarily true that the property instantiated by a restrictive adjective is to be ascribed to the entity qualified . |
| 26 | For instance ( using the familiar Venn diagrams ) it will be said that the underlined phrase of ( 11 ) ( which is , incidentally , a zoologically correct statement ) owes its restrictive quality to the fact that there is an intersection between circle a , standing for the class of piranhas , and circle b , standing for the class of vegetarian creatures , and this intersection represents the beings denoted by the subject of the sentence : ( 11 ) vegetarian piranhas can be found in the Amazon ( 12 ) However , such implications are incorrect ; it is by no means necessarily true that the property instantiated by a restrictive adjective is to be ascribed to the entity qualified . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | to your Council did I knock on the door and say standing for the Liberal Democrats , they said well we 're not sure it 's the way we are going to vote for you , we may vote for somebody else . |
| 29 | ‘ I 'm not playing it on my past , or standing for the publicity , but it obviously opens doors . ’ |
| 30 | None of the sample group were asked to name the candidates standing for the Liberal Democrats , Green Party and British National Party . |