Example sentences of "stand [adv prt] to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fairness , more than a very few did stand up to the committee in spite of the danger to their swimming pools and their popularity . |
| 2 | With a top capacity of some 75 litres it 's large enough for a week 's backpacking , or even extended expedition use , although I do have some doubts as to whether it could stand up to the rigours of expedition life . |
| 3 | What has been an ideal jacket for the Lakeland fells could be too heavy to take to Africa ; what seems like a good buy for walking in the Alps might not stand up to the rigours of a Himalayan winter . |
| 4 | Indeed the habits of our civilised forebears at work and play would not always stand up to the scrutiny of the modern conscience . |
| 5 | Take this opportunity to try Amyway 's products and see how they really do stand up to the products you have used for years . |
| 6 | He was trying to undermine her self-confidence , make her believe she could n't stand up to the exigencies of canal life . |
| 7 | So for a while , the President of the United States effectively had world power , there was no other power in the world who could stand up to the U S , er , after , after , World War One for one argument anyway , and I think Freud 's er , defence disposition would be , Woodrow Wilson was the man who came to Europe , saying he would bring a just peace for all , and went away leaving a total mess , and , and , Freud 's er argument in his book is , told us was , well , the mess er , was really Wilson 's own doing , and if it was his doing , what was it in his character that allowed him to er , si to on some Lloyd George , who bullied him into getting most of what they wanted . |
| 8 | But now Bulmers reckon they 've invented a tree that can stand up to the stress . |
| 9 | Moreover the book alienated the only one of Ramsey 's backers who could stand up to the Cambridge establishment . |
| 10 | Also that day , to the Crown Prince 's surprise and considerable annoyance , Knobelsdorf engineered — without consulting him — the transfer of his own personal staff officer , Lieutenant-Colonel von Heymann , who was evidently the only officer in the Crown Prince 's entourage who could stand up to the iron will of Knobelsdorf . |
| 11 | As the campaign developed Kinnock 's image as a man who would stand up to the USSR declined throughout the electorate , even amongst Labour supporters , though it declined slightly more amongst Conservative supporters . |
| 12 | ‘ Ordinary Catholics on the Falls Road can not stand up to the IRA . |
| 13 | Meredith was amazed that he could n't see that the old key would never stand up to the pressure he was putting on it . |
| 14 | ‘ I thought I would wear my thick coat because it might be cold waiting for the bus and it would stand up to the rain . |
| 15 | Aesthetic and romantic ideas of the beneficent properties of ‘ natural ’ remedies do not always stand up to the realities of practical life . |
| 16 | Erm compared to other places you 've lived in erm how does this flat stand up to the comparison ? |
| 17 | Why could n't Wilson stand up to the allies , why could n't had stand up to Clements or Lloyd George , in particular ? |