Example sentences of "[noun sg] stands [adv prt] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Aldergrove stands by for big take-off |
| 2 | French Professor stands down from British transplant centre |
| 3 | Tommy 's record as a manager stands up to any scrutiny ; two championships , three Bass Cups , ten other trophies and regular jaunts to Europe . |
| 4 | By contrast with the calculating prose of the bawd , listing the attractions of his new acquisition , Marina 's verse stands out with greater pathos ( IV.ii.64–6 ) . |
| 5 | Prominence is the related psychological notion : Halliday defines it simply as " the general name for the phenomenon of linguistic highlighting , whereby some linguistic feature stands out in some way " . " |