Example sentences of "stand [conj] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It stands or falls on the quality of its detail , ’ says Winston . |
| 2 | The CEGB 's case is likely to stand or fall on the economics of the project . |
| 3 | The storyline was always going to stand or fall by the performance of Tim Guinee as Lazar . |
| 4 | They were made to stand and wait in the first of these . |
| 5 | Positivist causal theories stand or fall by the extent to which they are able to establish the existence of ‘ types ’ of human beings ( whether in terms of biology , personality , or values ) who are crime-prone . |
| 6 | We both stand and stare at the man , and at the blood spreading amongst the red hair . |
| 7 | As a few of us stand and look at the Germans , Mills Roberts appears with a few of his Officers . |
| 8 | ‘ He used to go down there and stand and look at the frieze Bulkeley was carving ; the one that will surmount the cart and later be hung in the chantry chapel at the other end of this house . |
| 9 | No matter how well intentioned an author may be , no matter how good his work is considered , a lavish photographic book of this kind , and of this price , must stand or fall on the sheer quality of the pictures selected and the way in which they are presented . |
| 10 | For the government , acceptance of central planning did not stand or fall on the issue of nationalisation . |
| 11 | While difficulties in calculating harm may impede the application of the ‘ harm-to-others ’ principle , the regulation of insider dealing should not stand or fall on the fact that proof of harm is difficult to acquire . |
| 12 | It seems that the case for elaboration , and thus for the Withington-Barton Farm-Woodchester order of development , must stand or fall on the implications of the stylistic inter-relationships of the pavements themselves . |
| 13 | The Conference decided " that the leaders of the next Labour Government and the Parliamentary Labour Party be instructed by the National Conference that , on assuming office , either with or without power , definite Socialist legislation must be immediately promulgated , and the Party shall stand or fall in the House of Commons on the principles in which it has faith " . |
| 14 | It is extremely important at this stage to take unlimited amounts of time and trouble , as the success of your design will stand or fall by the way in which it is finished . |
| 15 | Nonetheless the parties may stand or fall by the evidence as disclosed in their witness statements , although a witness will always be free to give evidence in relation to new matters which have arisen since the statement was served on the other party . |
| 16 | The school has an outstanding and deserved reputation , which will stand or fall by the testimony of its pupils . |
| 17 | I 'd rather stand than sit on the Kop , and it 's obvious that certain of Shankly 's thoughts and methods are still considered and used . |
| 18 | He would stand and stare into the darkness trying to see the old ruins of Caesar 's time , but not tonight , the mist was too thick . |
| 19 | A Shamen show is designed so you do n't just stand and stare at the band : and though the live act might be the heart of the show , the spectacle of Colin ( cropped Aberdeen curls , Trotsky shades ) , and Will ( shoulder length braided locks , shabby green fatigues ) is only part of an evening of light , music and effects that now involves around ten people . |
| 20 | Unfortunately my phone line runs through several dozen pastures and chances are , like when I talk to Dave , that at all times a cow is either standing or chewing on the line . |
| 21 | An advanced student should be agile enough to be able to manoeuvre himself into any position he deems necessary , whether standing or lying on the floor . |
| 22 | Today he was quiet all right , standing and looking at the weather maps with the rest of his crew , smoking a cigarette with jerky hands . |
| 23 | There was no reply , Mait simply standing and staring into the mirrored lens . |
| 24 | Here and now she was actually standing and talking with the great Vendelin Gajdusek ! |
| 25 | Do not attempt to give massage at floor level when standing and bending at the waist ; this is even more harmful to your back than using a bed . |
| 26 | Despite its implications , the great argument was not over the Political Community , but over the EDC , for the former stood or fell with the ratification of the latter . |
| 27 | The articulation of individual praxis with History stood or fell with the concept of history as totalization without a totalizer . |
| 28 | In woodland we stood and listened to the vociferous dawn chorus . |
| 29 | They walked in the beautiful gardens of the Generalife and seemed to have the place almost to themselves , and Maggie turned to Felipe as they stood and listened to the running water . |
| 30 | Once , at Milan airport , we were herded to the gate and corralled in an area almost big enough for half of us , then shifted to a bus with six seats and standing room for forty , in which the one hundred and twenty of us stood and waited for the idiot who always arrives twenty minutes late despite having been called ten times and being the subject of an Interpol missing persons search . |