Example sentences of "[adv] stand up to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The problem is to develop a device which as well as demonstrating a high degree of efficiency in converting wave energy into electricity , is also robust enough to stand up to the buffeting and corrosion of the sea . |
| 2 | Indeed the habits of our civilised forebears at work and play would not always stand up to the scrutiny of the modern conscience . |
| 3 | Aesthetic and romantic ideas of the beneficent properties of ‘ natural ’ remedies do not always stand up to the realities of practical life . |
| 4 | And yet the fascination among ( overwhelmingly white ) rock music critics with the big , scary black man ( talk about perpetrating stereotypes ! ) survives , to the point where NME is getting all teary-eyed about Brave Little Time-Warner , heroically standing up to the Huns of censorship . |
| 5 | 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 . |