Example sentences of "[noun pl] stand out [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The taut legs standing out from the body at all angles , some hideously broken like twigs thrown carelessly on a bonfire , others still moving feebly . |
| 2 | However the applied section was of a lower standard than other categories , and the winners stood out above the rest |
| 3 | It 's the nicest site around and from the surrounding countryside you 'd have seen the white mounds of the burial sites standing out against the sky , right against the heavens |
| 4 | Large boulders stood out beside the path as grey blobs in the featureless sheets of pale grass , and flat stones had been placed as bridges across the burns , their backs hollowed by the tread of feet through the centuries . |
| 5 | This and many other recollected gems stand out in The Don 's admirably planned and delivered speech at the 1989 dinner marking the opening of the Bradman Museum at Bowral , NSW and the Bradman Trust . |
| 6 | At the same time the building of what were to become bastions , towers standing out from the line of the wall , enabled defenders to fire all round , and in particular laterally , against approaching men or machines , as the design for Bodiam Castle in Sussex , which , like Cooling Castle in Kent , was built at the time of the French invasion scares of the 1380s , clearly shows . |
| 7 | CUSTOM STANDARDS Manson ‘ Classic S ’ This handmade blend of the traditional and the modern aims to stand out from the crowd with its high-class simplicity and the best and latest in hardware … |
| 8 | At least The Mission have n't turned into redundant dinosaurs like those bastards The Cult , although ‘ Hands Across The Ocean ’ is fairly ordinary goff fare with only Hussey 's clear cut vocals standing out of the mix . |
| 9 | At least The Mission have n't turned into redundant dinosaurs like those bastards The Cult , although ‘ Hands Across The Ocean ’ is fairly ordinary goff fare with only Hussey 's clear cut vocals standing out of the mix . |
| 10 | Three of the sliced loaves stood out among the rest , which were thin-looking with a raw dough taste and vinegary or salty aromas . |
| 11 | Two Village respondents stand out from the rest in their disagreement with the arguments I have summarised . |
| 12 | These stars stand out from the other around them because they are so bright . |
| 13 | This mill was built of brick instead of stone like the Old Mill in the village , and the original six-storey building survives among the extensions built around it , with Arkwright 's peculiar staircase projection with Venetian and small semi-circular windows standing out from the sea of square-headed windows on either side , and with a cupola above . |
| 14 | All around my rooftop pavilion could be seen other fragmentary remains of the Jahanpanah which Ibn Battuta would have known : a series of fragile mediaeval islands standing out amid the sea of modern sprawl . |
| 15 | Others stand out from the crowd by being generally nervous . ’ |
| 16 | Above us , great masses of cumulus clouds stood out in the sky like old-fashioned sculptures . |