Example sentences of "stand [adv prt] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Forests get hacked down because nobody stands up to the logging industry . |
| 2 | Bauhaus ' ‘ Dark Entries ’ remains a ferocious blue ( black ) print ; Danse Society 's ‘ We 're So Happy ’ is surprisingly epic and coolly resonant ; and mid-'80s music hall like X-Mal Deutschland , Sex Gang Children , Specimen and Alien Sex Fiend stands up to the test of time . |
| 3 | Bob Murray finds out how well a big green luxury saloon stands up to the strain of chauffeuring a discerning family of four around France |
| 4 | They spoke after the borough council 's planning committee decided last night to stand up to the Home Office by objecting to the £14 million expansion , intended to ease the prison 's long-standing and often chronic overcrowding problem . |
| 5 | He was the first commoner to stand up to the might of the king . |
| 6 | He was about to stand up to the policeman when Duncan spoke . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | A Japanese-led bloc of Asian nations would be militarily and economically secure , and able to stand up to the threat posed by the nations of Europe and by the United States . |
| 9 | But what a pity that , when the heat was on — when the law of the land was being challenged by Labour councillors up and down the country , and by Members of Parliament — the Opposition Front Bench was found wanting , and failed to stand up to the rule of law . |
| 10 | ‘ It took a great deal of courage for one man to stand up to the tobacco industry . |
| 11 | And thirdly increasing emphasis , not on the socialist politics of the Communist Party in the nineteen twenties , but on the development of a nationalist ideology which could appeal to all classes in Chinese society who were interested in getting the Japanese out and who were angered by the Kuomintang government 's inability to stand up to the Japanese . |
| 12 | ‘ If you wanted to find out how an astronaut 's body was likely to stand up to the strain of living on a very , very heavy planet , is there some way of testing it before actually visiting the planet ? ’ |
| 13 | In fairness , more than a very few did stand up to the committee in spite of the danger to their swimming pools and their popularity . |
| 14 | Indeed the habits of our civilised forebears at work and play would not always stand up to the scrutiny of the modern conscience . |
| 15 | But now Bulmers reckon they 've invented a tree that can stand up to the stress . |
| 16 | Also that day , to the Crown Prince 's surprise and considerable annoyance , Knobelsdorf engineered — without consulting him — the transfer of his own personal staff officer , Lieutenant-Colonel von Heymann , who was evidently the only officer in the Crown Prince 's entourage who could stand up to the iron will of Knobelsdorf . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | ‘ I thought I would wear my thick coat because it might be cold waiting for the bus and it would stand up to the rain . |
| 19 | Erm compared to other places you 've lived in erm how does this flat stand up to the comparison ? |
| 20 | Fabbiano was standing off to the side , his arm raised like a parade marshal 's as he directed the models off stage . |
| 21 | But he has made standing up to the teaching unions his thing . |
| 22 | The CIT 's members are standing up to the recession and keeping close to their customers and associates . |
| 23 | It was very successful , both in appearance and in standing up to the wear small children give their clothes . |
| 24 | Julia flinched as she heard that and wondered how she herself would have stood up to the kind of life Raffaella was describing . |
| 25 | Only a bully could have stood up to the bullying party bureaucracy ; Mr Yeltsin has taken them on at their own game and beaten them . |
| 26 | ‘ And Mama has written to say how grateful she is that we 'll be able to see how the old house has stood up to the war and cope with any disasters for her . ’ |
| 27 | It stood up to the race well and he and co-driver John Anthony had a fabulous time . |
| 28 | He retreated to the deepest part and stood up to the chest in filth , weeping . |