Example sentences of "stand [adj] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 In the first Athena stands frontal on the right , her left arm and the shield in profile at her side making a vertical parallel to the fluted skirt-folds broken by the right knee .
2 The Hotel de France is situated between the two resorts of Rimini and Riccione and is the only three-star hotel in Rimini featured by Citalia which stands right on the beach , but also has its own private swimming pool .
3 It stands right by the wall in a rabbit-infested wilderness , the no man 's land between East and West .
4 He wheeled his horse , and roared his own knights round upon their bowmen ; and the loyal among the marksmen set up an answering howl , and fell out as best they could , leaping sidelong into the bushes and up the heathery slope , to stand clear of the slaughter and find a vantage-point again from which they could play their part .
5 Remember that unless you are fitting within a window reveal , your track should , where possible , extend beyond the sides of the window to enable the curtain to stand free of the window during daylight .
6 Though the youngest of the eight Faculties in the University , the reputation of the school stands high throughout the world .
7 Though the youngest of the eight faculties in the University , the reputation of the School stands high throughout the world and students from many countries attend its undergraduate and postgraduate courses .
8 The huge , ugly steel arch built in Soviet times to commemorate the union of Russia and Ukraine stands untouched at the end of Kreshchatik , though the union is no more .
9 Lord Young has had to battle hard ever since to defend both his original deferment of publication and his decision to stand fast despite the leak .
10 Even at sixteen , Will refuses to stand still at the beginning of a season for a presentation , but clams down as the year progresses .
11 A horse that has had no exercise all day is less likely to stand still for the farrier than one that has just been ridden ; and a youngster that has never been ridden out on the road before will be considerably more nervous if it goes alone than it would with a companion .
12 They then have to stand still in the water with their arms out and their legs apart until one of the others playing frees them .
13 The Scot was dumped 5-2 by 26-year-old Dave Harold from Stoke , who stands 93rd in the world rankings .
14 It is all too well remembered : the slimy feel of it , hanging limp and unfitting around her as she stands awkward on the threshold of the Clarks ' drawing-room , where the carpets are rolled back , the parquet gleams and in the corner the big hired radiogram is asserting that the lady is a tramp .
15 Today , Leeds bridge still stands firm in the heart of the city , to welcome the modern armies of visitors into Leeds .
16 The mark stands firm in the Exchange Rate Mechanism .
17 I did not see her again until during the afternoon lessons , when I noticed that she had been sent to stand alone in the middle of the schoolroom .
18 I did so , feeling rather strange to stand half-undressed in the presence of a mummified corpse .
19 By deliberately writing from a male point of view , Tanith Lee is able to explore the fear and loathing that underpins the traditional male characterisation of the woman who stands alone outside the pale of family and community life ; such women are designated bitch , whore or dyke .
20 Kirk Douglas in the title role finally stands alone on the battlefield in the midst of his dead troops , and exposed to the arrows of the Indians who circle round him .
21 Tattered and torn , Cari stands alone on the stage .
22 Tattered and torn , Cari stands alone on the stage .
23 For the more technically minded , the new Baltoro Windstopper jacket stands alone in the market .
24 The following week I went to Rampton Special Hospital which stands isolated in the countryside of north Nottinghamshire .
25 ‘ Stay there , ’ he said and got out to stand close to the vehicle .
26 Quisling stands supreme as the synonym for traitor .
27 She stands close to the bed , and for the first time I see her naked : Agnes , the heroine of my novel .
28 When selection is the main focus of assessment a test that provides information on where a pupil stands relative to the group taking the test is most likely to be used .
29 The manor house is a Grade II listed building and stands next to the church .
30 It stands next to the South Park aviary .
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