Example sentences of "[modal v] [adv] stand up to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | What has been an ideal jacket for the Lakeland fells could be too heavy to take to Africa ; what seems like a good buy for walking in the Alps might not stand up to the rigours of a Himalayan winter . |
| 2 | He was trying to undermine her self-confidence , make her believe she could n't stand up to the exigencies of canal life . |
| 3 | But she decided Daniel 's frail body would not stand up to the painful general anaesthetics and blocked the treatment . |
| 4 | Meredith was amazed that he could n't see that the old key would never stand up to the pressure he was putting on it . |
| 5 | ‘ Ordinary Catholics on the Falls Road can not stand up to the IRA . |