Example sentences of "stand [adv prt] from the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Master of Ceremonies was Branch Chairman Malcolm Cork , Booth White , who has decided to stand down from the position . |
| 2 | But it has reached the stage where Group 4 have now ‘ lost ’ Sir Norman ’ — Labour 's Frank Dobson on the announcement that the Tory chairman is to stand down from the board of Group 4 . |
| 3 | PETER RAWLINS , a former partner with accountants Arthur Andersen , has emerged as the International Stock Exchange 's next chief executive following the decision of Jeffrey Knight to stand down from the post , writes John Moore . |
| 4 | The ferry was not big , but she dwarfed the harbour — she had to stand off from the jetty and land us by boat — and indeed the village . |
| 5 | This crying , this wailing , this mass of thick air gathered from thousand upon thousand square miles of nothingness , scooped up , pushed and banked against every object which has the temerity to stand up from the surface of the earth ; this was weird , oppressive , invasive . |
| 6 | The Arts : Lenny stands back from the brink of bathos |
| 7 | This is Sonnet 94 , ‘ which at no point addresses the Friend directly , stands back from the group much as a contemplative soliloquy does from the dialogue of a play ’ . |
| 8 | THE CATHEDRAL at Lyon stands back from the bank of the Saone , and , from the other side of the river , is half hidden by bland blocks of flats . |
| 9 | But one line stands out from the rest — a tetrad only 512 cm long ( about 312 km on the ground ) . |
| 10 | Where WinEdit stands out from the rest is for programmers who use Microsoft C and SDK . |
| 11 | Therefore we er we needed to do something that stands out from the crowd if you like to bring this to people 's attention . |
| 12 | B Once Fokine had demonstrated that mimed dance and danced mime were the best materials to use in ballets where individual characters had to stand out from the rest of the cast , and particularly when true love did not run smoothly , other choreographers. followed suit . |
| 13 | The unusual size was chosen to give more space to the visuals and to stand out from the standard A4 size so common in offices . |
| 14 | And for those determined enough to stand out from the crowd by virtue of understatement , that may well be enough . |
| 15 | CUSTOM STANDARDS Manson ‘ Classic S ’ This handmade blend of the traditional and the modern aims to stand out from the crowd with its high-class simplicity and the best and latest in hardware … |
| 16 | ‘ The mortgage market in the UK is a very mature one , ’ reflects Hendrik Vos , Marketing Manager , ‘ therefore you have to things exceptionally well to stand out from the crowd . ’ |
| 17 | We had to stand back from the edge of the pavement as their wheels splashed along the teeming gutters . |
| 18 | In practice it is not always easy to stand back from the mass of information and choose a main message and a few submessages . |
| 19 | Here he was able to stand back from the onrush of western man and ask himself the real questions of life and meaning ; get his young life , full and successful as it had been , into perspective . |
| 20 | By reacting in this way , Jane is able to stand back from the situation and it can not hurt her as it used to do . |
| 21 | That demanded constant attention , and yet the Prime Minister must also be able to stand back from the pressure of events and think about the future . |
| 22 | Turn the lights out and stand back from the door ! ’ said the bearded man . |
| 23 | As always when drawing , I stand back from the piece at regular intervals to get an overall feel as to how the drawing is developing , and to see if it is uniform in shade and texture . |
| 24 | As always when drawing , I stand back from the piece at regular intervals to get an overall feel as to how the drawing is developing , and to see if it is uniform in shade and texture . |
| 25 | Stand back from the house and observe the roof and gutters through binoculars . |
| 26 | These stars stand out from the other around them because they are so bright . |
| 27 | Can certain individuals be directed in such a way that they stand out from the mass because they are the tellers of the story , the chief exponents in the drama or theme ? |
| 28 | Two other specialized functions , those of religion and industry , stand out from the mass and not surprisingly numerous settlements throughout the empire can be shown to have developed around important sanctuaries or centres of manufacturing and extraction . |
| 29 | Two Village respondents stand out from the rest in their disagreement with the arguments I have summarised . |
| 30 | among the dozens of grape varieties grown around the world stand out from the rest . |