Example sentences of "stand at a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is rather a perspective that recognizes and takes full account of the reality of such crime within the world and which stands at a distance from it . |
| 2 | Moreover , there is not so much to smell when you are flying high up and away from the scents and aromas that cling to the Earth — or even if , like man , your nose stands at a height of five or six feet , rarely bending towards the ground . |
| 3 | this time we were able to stand at a distance from it all and weigh it up and write better songs . |
| 4 | It is difficult to estimate how many of these leaflets will be used subsequently but stocks of the 3 leaflets we have already reprinted ( Learning Disabilities , HIV/AIDS and Drugs ) stand at a quarter of the original print order . |
| 5 | At 194p , down 7p yesterday , the shares stand at a discount of 37.5 per cent to the net asset value expected for the end of this year . |
| 6 | Despite the reported remarks ‘ to scorer colleagues … it must be very difficult to give a decision so far out ’ , it is n't ; we stand at a distance from which we can see . |
| 7 | Then he would go to his study and attend to his own writing , characteristically composing straight onto the typewriter and standing at a kind of lectern . |
| 8 | I saw him later , standing at a meeting of walls , a shy girl keeping her distance . |
| 9 | Wishart felt as if he was standing at a crossroads with two paths leading into the darkness . |
| 10 | For example , the Treasury 9¾ per cent stock 2002 instanced above stood at a price of £103 ( £103.09375 ) at the close of business on Friday 28 February , 1992 when the running yield could be derived as follows : |
| 11 | In the early evening of 25 August 1944 , a few hours after he had arrived in liberated Paris , de Gaulle stood at a window of the Hôtel de Ville and acknowledged the cheers of thousands of Parisians gathered down below . |
| 12 | The vaulted dome of the booking-hall stood at a height of 65 ft. from the floor and the outer dome above reached a height of 108 ft . |
| 13 | In February 1935 , without consulting his father , he stood at a by-election in Wavertree as an independent Conservative against the India Bill , thus splitting the party vote and letting in Labour . |
| 14 | It stood at an angle behind the Alexandra Hotel near the bottom of Great Horton Road , tucked away on the curve of Randall Well Street . |