Example sentences of "stand or [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He could n't stand or walk alone and the muscle in his leg had withered badly . |
| 2 | I always had to pay a nurse to look after her ; she wasted away , could n't stand or walk , but her eyes were as bright as a child 's and so was her wit . |
| 3 | He ca n't stand or walk without help . |
| 4 | The children then have the fun of squeezing themselves and toys inside the shelter and comparisons arise as to how many children can sit , stand or lie down . |
| 5 | When she came to Calvary , ‘ she fell down because she could not stand or kneel , and rolled and wrested with her body , spreading her arms abroad ’ , because she had a vision , or hallucination , of the Crucifixion . |
| 6 | No matter how well intentioned an author may be , no matter how good his work is considered , a lavish photographic book of this kind , and of this price , must stand or fall on the sheer quality of the pictures selected and the way in which they are presented . |
| 7 | There must be many who are touched to the heart by that phrase ‘ earthly father ’ and yet who do n't believe a word of the novel 's religion ; just as , and more obviously , Raskolnikov 's kissing the dirt in the middle of the Haymarket does n't stand or fall by Dostoevsky 's Soil Philosophy . |
| 8 | Milken refused to play the game of domino justice , so the case against him will stand or fall on its own merits . |
| 9 | Mr Karimov knows that he will stand or fall on his ability to stave off economic collapse . |
| 10 | But the argument must stand or fall on its merits . |
| 11 | But the ordination of women does not stand or fall on that , rather it is related back to our understanding of God and of men and women created and redeemed in that image . |
| 12 | With respect to a concept of orthogenesis the validity of internally direction evolution does not stand or fall on what various specialists such as molecular biologists , have to offer . |
| 13 | God does not need to find out whether we will stand or fall . |
| 14 | Which could be seen as a good thing ; after all , in the eyes of sceptical guitarists the GR-1 could stand or fall on its immediate user-friendly appeal . |
| 15 | MAKING TRACKS This month 's Making Tracks goes behind the closed doors of the record industry for an intriguing glimpse inside the minds of the A&R men and women of the business , those people on whose whim your musical career could stand or fall … |
| 16 | It seems that this is a case that will stand or fall on its own particular facts . |
| 17 | It is extremely important at this stage to take unlimited amounts of time and trouble , as the success of your design will stand or fall by the way in which it is finished . |
| 18 | The success of the new News at Ten will stand or fall on his relationship with the seven million plus viewers . |
| 19 | After the fiasco of the EDC , the French National Assembly was generally regarded as being the place where the Treaty of Rome would stand or fall , particularly as the Fourth Republic was entering its final prolonged crisis , with ever weaker governments struggling to survive . |
| 20 | For the government , acceptance of central planning did not stand or fall on the issue of nationalisation . |
| 21 | While difficulties in calculating harm may impede the application of the ‘ harm-to-others ’ principle , the regulation of insider dealing should not stand or fall on the fact that proof of harm is difficult to acquire . |
| 22 | He would stand or fall by his policies and , to prove it , he gave one year 's notice of his resignation . |
| 23 | Heinemann has a one volume FCE course entitled Target First Certificate , and this has neither prequels nor sequels and will stand or fall on its own merits . |
| 24 | Prejudgments should stand or fall according to whether they pass the statutory test of section 2(2) by causing a substantial risk of serious prejudice to the proceedings in question . |
| 25 | Their case would stand or fall on her reliability . |
| 26 | It 's a business enterprise and will stand or fall as a business . |
| 27 | Regardless of the worthiness of any concept the actual product will stand or fall by its quality and here InteSoft leaves something to be desired . |
| 28 | I am bound to say , however , that the Bill does nothing to deter younger vehicle takers — and it will stand or fall according to its deterrent qualities . |
| 29 | It seems that the case for elaboration , and thus for the Withington-Barton Farm-Woodchester order of development , must stand or fall on the implications of the stylistic inter-relationships of the pavements themselves . |
| 30 | Nonetheless the parties may stand or fall by the evidence as disclosed in their witness statements , although a witness will always be free to give evidence in relation to new matters which have arisen since the statement was served on the other party . |