Example sentences of "stand out [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Far more than before , however , and far more substantially because of the growth of TV and other new media , they stand out as dominant features . |
| 2 | In an inquisitorial process of this kind lawyers do not stand out as good investigators ; they appear to be obsessed with the necessity to attribute blame . |
| 3 | ‘ I do n't see titles standing out in generic displays . ’ |
| 4 | Some German agents must have stood out like sore thumbs ( One , codenamed ‘ Garbo ’ , could never figure out English pounds , shillings , and pence , and once reported back to Berlin from Glasgow that there were men there ‘ who would do anything for a litre of wine ’ ( p. 112 ) . ) |
| 5 | The British people understand what is happening in the EC , and they understand that the Government have stood out against other Governments in blocking positive measures which would have benefited our citizens . |
| 6 | They would all be troglodytes before the war was over , thought Lucinda , with eyes that stood out on little stalks . |
| 7 | When the dark blue uniforms of a sergeant and constable appeared in the doorway , they stood out like sore thumbs , causing more than a ripple of interest from the somewhat less than friendly clientele . |
| 8 | She braced herself as if she were going into battle , blurting the truth out as she clasped her hands together until the knuckles stood out like bleached bones . |
| 9 | Somehow , even at the age of five when I made my first visits to Colchester Zoo , I felt they stood out from other birds . |