Example sentences of "[adv] it stands " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apparently it stands for ‘ Not In My Term Of Office ’ . |
| 2 | At the risk of being accused of being a pedlar of yet another quack remedy I wish to argue that a rights-based theory , derived in part from the influential rights thesis recently put forward by Ronald Dworkin ( Dworkin , 1978 ) , is also capable of addressing some of these difficulties confronted by our orthodox political and constitutional theories , in addition to its more immediate relevance with regard to the specific issue of tax diversion ( Dignan , 1983 ) , and other civil libertarian issues ; though to do so it stands in need of some revision . |
| 3 | I would n't disagree with Mr in what he said about the more cuts we have the better it looks and so it stands to reason it 's a question of cost . |
| 4 | The concert hall capacity is 320 , filled nearly to that figure at weekends or on special occasions but usually it stands empty on weekdays . |
| 5 | Now it stands at around 40% . |
| 6 | When the Motor City 's techno scene was dying in the early ‘ 90s , they took hold of the tattered flag and now it stands proud and menacing . |
| 7 | Today it stands less elegantly , surrounded by modern buildings which do their best to dwarf and ignore it . |
| 8 | Only the spire of the church could be saved , and today it stands as a stark reminder of that devastating night in August 1989 . |
| 9 | Rather it stands as a nasty addition this winter to the equation which leads to accidents year in , year out . |
| 10 | But when the smallest ( some Apistogrammas and some Tanganyikan shelldwellers ) are barely 1″ when adult , and the largest ( Boulengerochromis microlepis ) 36″ , then it stands to reason that they wo n't mix . |
| 11 | Currently it stands just above $400 an ounce having tumbled in May this year to its lowest level since August 1986 . |
| 12 | Currently it stands just above $400 an ounce having tumbled in May this year to its lowest level since August 1986 . |
| 13 | Currently it stands just above $400 an ounce having tumbled in May this year to its lowest level since August 1986 . |
| 14 | Certainly it stands comparison with the better-known Haua Fteah cave in North Africa , which hunters and gatherers occupied from about 75000 years ago and where shellfish also played an important part in the people 's economy . |