Example sentences of "[verb] or fall " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am willing to stand or fall on this one , ’ he had said — but when he was proved wrong he did not fall , he rose yet higher . |
| 2 | The CEGB 's case is likely to stand or fall on the economics of the project . |
| 3 | There have to be some standards but a track record is more important than spending three weekends away being taught something you already know , and I 'm quite happy to stand or fall on my personal record . |
| 4 | The storyline was always going to stand or fall by the performance of Tim Guinee as Lazar . |
| 5 | The heat shields were still intact and the computer assured him that they would not crack or fall off on the journey through the atmosphere . |
| 6 | However , in anal sex condoms may tear or fall off more often , and protection is lost . |
| 7 | No matter how well intentioned an author may be , no matter how good his work is considered , a lavish photographic book of this kind , and of this price , must stand or fall on the sheer quality of the pictures selected and the way in which they are presented . |
| 8 | There must be many who are touched to the heart by that phrase ‘ earthly father ’ and yet who do n't believe a word of the novel 's religion ; just as , and more obviously , Raskolnikov 's kissing the dirt in the middle of the Haymarket does n't stand or fall by Dostoevsky 's Soil Philosophy . |
| 9 | Milken refused to play the game of domino justice , so the case against him will stand or fall on its own merits . |
| 10 | Mr Karimov knows that he will stand or fall on his ability to stave off economic collapse . |
| 11 | But the argument must stand or fall on its merits . |
| 12 | But the ordination of women does not stand or fall on that , rather it is related back to our understanding of God and of men and women created and redeemed in that image . |
| 13 | With respect to a concept of orthogenesis the validity of internally direction evolution does not stand or fall on what various specialists such as molecular biologists , have to offer . |
| 14 | God does not need to find out whether we will stand or fall . |
| 15 | Which could be seen as a good thing ; after all , in the eyes of sceptical guitarists the GR-1 could stand or fall on its immediate user-friendly appeal . |
| 16 | MAKING TRACKS This month 's Making Tracks goes behind the closed doors of the record industry for an intriguing glimpse inside the minds of the A&R men and women of the business , those people on whose whim your musical career could stand or fall … |
| 17 | It seems that this is a case that will stand or fall on its own particular facts . |
| 18 | It is extremely important at this stage to take unlimited amounts of time and trouble , as the success of your design will stand or fall by the way in which it is finished . |
| 19 | The success of the new News at Ten will stand or fall on his relationship with the seven million plus viewers . |
| 20 | After the fiasco of the EDC , the French National Assembly was generally regarded as being the place where the Treaty of Rome would stand or fall , particularly as the Fourth Republic was entering its final prolonged crisis , with ever weaker governments struggling to survive . |
| 21 | For the government , acceptance of central planning did not stand or fall on the issue of nationalisation . |
| 22 | While difficulties in calculating harm may impede the application of the ‘ harm-to-others ’ principle , the regulation of insider dealing should not stand or fall on the fact that proof of harm is difficult to acquire . |
| 23 | He would stand or fall by his policies and , to prove it , he gave one year 's notice of his resignation . |
| 24 | Heinemann has a one volume FCE course entitled Target First Certificate , and this has neither prequels nor sequels and will stand or fall on its own merits . |
| 25 | Prejudgments should stand or fall according to whether they pass the statutory test of section 2(2) by causing a substantial risk of serious prejudice to the proceedings in question . |
| 26 | Their case would stand or fall on her reliability . |
| 27 | It 's a business enterprise and will stand or fall as a business . |
| 28 | Regardless of the worthiness of any concept the actual product will stand or fall by its quality and here InteSoft leaves something to be desired . |
| 29 | I am bound to say , however , that the Bill does nothing to deter younger vehicle takers — and it will stand or fall according to its deterrent qualities . |
| 30 | It seems that the case for elaboration , and thus for the Withington-Barton Farm-Woodchester order of development , must stand or fall on the implications of the stylistic inter-relationships of the pavements themselves . |