Example sentences of "it stand the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you play against a particular army a lot then you 'll naturally try to assemble your own force so that it stands the best possible chance against that foe . |
| 2 | Next to it stands the former bailiff 's castle which is now a historical museum housing several treasures , one of which has a link with America . |
| 3 | Near to it stands the Wailing Wall which is all that remains of the ancient Jewish Temple , . |
| 4 | As it stands the CAPM does not allow the estimation of total risk , but the market model does : i.e. the sum of the squares of the observations minus the mean expected value . |
| 5 | As it stands the districts seem to be wanting their cake and eat it in that they would like er a policy restricting development in the open countryside but they do n't want it to come with baggage that is specific which says what the exceptions should be . |
| 6 | Well as it stands the related documents you have the option of keeping them or not . |
| 7 | An expensive composite construction may be very fast , easy to lug about ashore , but will it stand the knocks of inexperienced users or being dragged across the pebbles or concrete sides of a reservoir ? |
| 8 | Beyond it stood the young squire who brought him , the smoking tube in his hand , his face stamped with rage and with loathing . |
| 9 | Behind it stood the international gold standard . |
| 10 | In the centre of the room there was a portrait of a very beautiful young man , and in front of it stood the artist himself , Basil Hallward . |
| 11 | Next to it stood the engine which ran it , and the engineer . |
| 12 | In it stood the small , slight figure of the head verger , his silver hair and babyish complexion at odds with each other , as , indeed , was his black suit of the gentleman 's gentleman variety and his rather springy gymnast 's step . |
| 13 | Below it stood the childhood doll 's house she had intended to renovate for posterity and the guitar whose broken strings had halted her on the path to world fame as a singer of gypsy ballads , in a costume of scarlet and yellow sewn with little mirrors . |