Example sentences of "[noun sg] stand [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And your Mum stands on top of an ice-cream stan , van saying ten P a lick ! |
| 2 | The mare stands in the rain , cold and shivering , with no thought of going into the comfortable stable that is in her yard . |
| 3 | That 's what Conservatism stands for . |
| 4 | The disqualification stands on the proposition that , where there is no market so that the user can not by taking his custom elsewhere , discipline the provider , it is wrong to adopt any form which creates a right and duty to use the monopoly so as to satisfy the interests of an exclusive group of owners , as against those of the users . |
| 5 | If the pedestal stands for fixity and place , what does the frame represent ? does embroidery/stitch , void of the frame , also become a malleable term , extended to include ‘ just about anything ’ , autonomous and self-referential ? |
| 6 | In the old South , for example , Duke University stands as a bastion of what Hollander would call ‘ anti-American ’ thought . |
| 7 | A gilt harp stands in the bay window . |
| 8 | TIME has run out for the Angus family whose cottage stands in the way of a multi-million pound dual carriageway on the Dundee to Aberdeen road , writes James Rougvie . |
| 9 | He stood up and walked across the deck to stand by the chromium guard rail , looking down at her . |
| 10 | The village playing field stands opposite the old school and occupies the old titheyard where tithes were paid to the church up to the early 19th century . |
| 11 | A plump settee stands against the mantel , turquoise . |
| 12 | Back room stage so small the performers have to rest their mike stands on the floor in front . |
| 13 | I recognise that this finding stands in stark contrast to the finding that was implicit in my decision on Wednesday night/Thursday morning . |
| 14 | Broadly , if the courts believe the authority would still have granted the consent if they had known that they could not have imposed the condition in question , the permission stands without the offending condition , but if the answer is that they probably would not , then the permission itself falls . |
| 15 | The English requirement of oral presentation of the whole of the case stands in marked contrast to the rules obtaining in other jurisdictions . |
| 16 | However , some 300 members of the National Peasants ' Party staged a march on Jan. 7 through the centre of Bucharest in memory of those killed by the Securitate during the revolution and to protest against the NSF decision to stand in the elections . |
| 17 | Cinderford stands in the heart of the forest of dean , an unemployment blackspot . |
| 18 | This colonial-style bungalow stands in an elevated position , set back from the main road , with fine views of the small Somerset town of Crewkerne and the surrounding hills . |
| 19 | There was some sort of monitor with dials which I could n't make head nor tail of , two drip stands with tubes — one lot going up her nose , the other into her arm — and her right leg was coated in plaster and suspended in mid air by a pulley contraption on which the Spanish Inquisition probably held the patent . |
| 20 | The basilica stands in a piazza named after the church , where there are also three small granite columns marking the entrance to the Vicolo Santa Caterina . |
| 21 | The petrochemical refinery stands for something else " . |
| 22 | Now he had the opportunity to stand at the counter with one of his mates and talk about other things . |
| 23 | Just 5 minutes from the centre of St Johann , the Park stands in its own gardens by the gondola lift , and close to the summer toboggan run . |
| 24 | The Moebius Strip stands on the southern bank of the Grand Canal about a kilometre along from the Baratha Arcade , between the Church of the Directed Panspermia and a crustacean restaurant . |
| 25 | The field shown as COCR in the track index stands for cylinder overflow control record . |
| 26 | Sandaway stands on a low cliff at the very edge of the ocean with breathtaking sea views . |
| 27 | Similarly , Ford 's post-1980 experience stands in marked contrast to the ‘ rich complacency ’ of the 1970s : the company 's entire product spectrum was directly challenged by Continental European and Japanese competition . |
| 28 | The attendant said there was a gentleman already undressing in No. 1 Frederica received no answer to her question about numéro sept , but was given permission to stand in the corridor of the train , which was already sliding away from its platform . |
| 29 | But this is not a time for personal pride and stubborn resistance to stand in the way of the cold , hard facts of life . |
| 30 | Again a scientist stands at the point which has at present been reached within a long tradition of enquiry . |