Example sentences of "stood out from the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Morrissey stood out from the bill in that he 's not yobbish .
2 In the sample of seven companies , one stood out from the others as having a very different and more sophisticated method of scanning the environment .
3 One letter stood out from the rest .
4 He stood out from the rest of the mob with his silver hair and stacked shoes .
5 We stood out from the rest , who would be played by girls or women — supers as they were called — hastily chosen early on the Monday of our arrival in the town .
6 A crane , the emblem of long life , stood out from the surface of the quartz , flanked by magpies , signifying good luck ; while encircling the top of the bottle was a spray of peonies , emblematic of spring and wealth .
7 It was the worn-down plug of an old volcano which stood out from the lowland plain .
8 What he had seen was Williams Point on Livingston Island , a black promontory that stood out from the ice-cap .
9 Even now , Jonadab held himself as erect as in his youth and stood out from the crowd .
10 HUNDREDS of people were checking in at New York 's JFK airport , but one face stood out from the crowd .
11 Japan was not a country of nonentities , in which no one stood out from the crowd .
12 And then suddenly he appeared , making her heart smile inside her , as he stood out from the crowd with his shock of bright blond hair .
13 He stood out from the pack .
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