Example sentences of "stand up as [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 They do n't wish it to happen , but it becomes an impossibility almost for them to stand up to their rights , and Mr talks about rights and no rights is in abstract and we all know how difficult it is then to stand up as a minority when you 're surrounded by that majority , but I 've had personal representations
2 Train passengers used to stand up as a mark of respect when they passed Mother Volga , but not any more .
3 The boundary-maintaining function just does not stand up as a function of crime or deviance .
4 He pushed off from the wall , stood up as the leader , pointing at one of his men , issued a muffled order .
5 Alice stood up as the train slowed at the platform .
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