Example sentences of "[noun] stand [adv prt] to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bob Murray finds out how well a big green luxury saloon stands up to the strain of chauffeuring a discerning family of four around France |
| 2 | Bauhaus ' ‘ Dark Entries ’ remains a ferocious blue ( black ) print ; Danse Society 's ‘ We 're So Happy ’ is surprisingly epic and coolly resonant ; and mid-'80s music hall like X-Mal Deutschland , Sex Gang Children , Specimen and Alien Sex Fiend stands up to the test of time . |
| 3 | And thirdly increasing emphasis , not on the socialist politics of the Communist Party in the nineteen twenties , but on the development of a nationalist ideology which could appeal to all classes in Chinese society who were interested in getting the Japanese out and who were angered by the Kuomintang government 's inability to stand up to the Japanese . |
| 4 | Only the Jews and the Iranians stood up to the Romans , as they had stood up to the Seleucids . |
| 5 | He was the first commoner to stand up to the might of the king . |
| 6 | Why could n't Wilson stand up to the allies , why could n't had stand up to Clements or Lloyd George , in particular ? |
| 7 | They spoke after the borough council 's planning committee decided last night to stand up to the Home Office by objecting to the £14 million expansion , intended to ease the prison 's long-standing and often chronic overcrowding problem . |
| 8 | Erm compared to other places you 've lived in erm how does this flat stand up to the comparison ? |
| 9 | It remains to be seen how Taggart 's vision stands up to the floodlights — and the driving rain . |
| 10 | ‘ It took a great deal of courage for one man to stand up to the tobacco industry . |
| 11 | If doubt can conjure up images of heroism ( the David of Doubt standing up to the Goliath of Lies ) , it can just as easily represent what is most cowardly , indecisive and dictatorial in us all . |