Example sentences of "[is] standing [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he s standing on the half way line — picking his arse there s a good chance that he s not been told to do that . |
| 2 | They just grabbed this bloke who 's standing outside the music area , thinking he might be a musician and he is n't , but it does n't matter . |
| 3 | In Hereford and Worcestershire , Conservatives control education decisions , but only by the casting vote of the chairman , and HE 'S standing for re-election as an independent in the county elections , because he 's unhappy about |
| 4 | She 's standing with her back to the window and I can see a sort of thin blue light round her body . |
| 5 | Economic problems also damaged the administration 's standing with conservative Republicans . |
| 6 | Lange 's replacement as party leader and Prime Minister , Geoffrey Palmer , lacked the authority and style to improve Labour 's standing with the voters . |
| 7 | A postman 's standing on the doorstep . |
| 8 | I remember spending hours looking at the cover of Deep Purple 's ‘ Machine Head ’ , looking at the little photos and thinking , ‘ He 's playing a Strat and he 's standing on a Vox amp ; right , that must be the sound . ’ |
| 9 | However , if the managing director is regularly hitting the bottle , the company 's standing on the FT indices is doomed to suffer . |
| 10 | There 's only one thing we do n't anticipate doing this forthcoming decade , and that 's standing on our laurels . |
| 11 | That one , that 's the big toe , is where the foot actually is twisted outwards this one is where the foot is curved under , and that I 've put in red because it 's the most common sort , very common , that is where the foot is forced up and that one is where it looks as though it 's standing on its toes . |
| 12 | The questionnaire for the survey began with a few brief factual questions about personal details , and a second , more important part of the schedule contained batteries of questions aimed at measuring an individual 's standing on the scales mentioned earlier . |
| 13 | Mike 's referred to the change in grant distribution erm , the position on that is , is it 's got a slide which may or not help people in terms of their somebody 's standing on it I just love new technology , it 's great |
| 14 | That 's right it 's in the bott the trees hanging the branch is hanging right down to the river and the moorhen 's standing on it . |
| 15 | Even if it 's standing on the road . |
| 16 | If he lost the case the Mayor 's standing in Tripoli — an important asset to any committee chairman — would be damaged ; he would have been even worse off if he won , and the judges decided that Ajdabiya really was independent of Tripoli . |
| 17 | Not only did Japanese stereos or Italian fridges add to the comfort of life , they were badges of rank , proof of one 's standing in the hierarchy of power . |
| 18 | I feel like a naughty schoolkid who 's standing in front of the headmaster . |
| 19 | In February 1475 the duke 's standing in the north west was strengthened by his appointment for life as sheriff of Cumberland . |
| 20 | Though criticised as the Chancellor who had accepted Germany 's division , he had greatly helped his country 's standing in the world , extended social welfare provisions on a large scale and placed his party in the leading role in Bonn . |
| 21 | There is a direct link between technological development , new product design and performance , price , and a company 's standing in such markets . |
| 22 | Such a programme received the support of the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) and this , along with the government 's decision to begin repayments on its foreign debt [ see pp. 37772-73 ] , restored the country 's standing in international financial circles . |
| 23 | Since coming to office in late 1990 , the National Party 's standing in the polls had plummeted as the government reneged on its electoral pledges by initiating radical cuts in the country 's welfare state . |
| 24 | And it 's standing in the right sort of location in this old station . |
| 25 | In February 1475 the duke 's standing in the north west was strengthened by his appointment for life as sheriff of Cumberland . |
| 26 | For example , the first model would suggest some research into neuroendocrine mechanisms of hibernation in relation to depression ; the second to studies of changes in dominance both in animals and man ( that is , a person 's standing in his group of acquaintances ) . |
| 27 | That 's the only fishing hut that 's standing in it 's original position . |
| 28 | What is the agent 's standing in the business community of the market in terms of professional integrity and reputation , reliability , etc. ? |
| 29 | Well , they would have showed a wider picture of the actual picture , and apparently they take , co , the photographers had taken a baby away from it 's mother he 's standing in the middle of a desert , and there 's a picture of them with a baby and all these photographers photographing it ! |
| 30 | to move to one side , yeah , cos it 's standing in an area and it is n't flat against . |