Example sentences of "[subord] standing [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Such a scene can still be witnessed while standing on the quaint little hump-backed bridge opposite the mill .
2 While standing in the same street , joy would notice the creative window displays and smiling faces , hear the laughter and smell the roasting chestnuts on the street corner ; while Gloom would see the traffic , litter and inflated prices , hear the honking horns and smell the exhaust fumes .
3 We encountered this view at the beginning of this book , in the dialogues of Plato , where we found talk of ‘ the ascent to see the things in the upper world [ which ] you may take as standing for the upward journey into the region of the intelligible ’ .
4 The party chairman , Godfrey M'Mwereria , an environmentalist and former lecturer at Kenyatta University , said he would contest the forthcoming presidential elections , as well as standing for the parliamentary seat of Tigania in Meru district .
5 The poor Christian settlers in the mountains view the Buid as standing in the same relationship to them as they stand to their own patrons .
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