Example sentences of "stood [adj] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The new bridge , designed by W.H. Barlow , was of wrought-iron lattice girder construction , like the old , but proper scientific calculations were made this time to allow for lateral wind pressure — the first time scientific studies of such stresses were made — and the new Tay Bridge , still the longest railway bridge in Britain at just over 2 miles , has stood solid for 100 years , linking Dundee with Fife . |
| 2 | Having stood empty for many years , 1987/88 saw the start of considerable renovations and rebuilding . |
| 3 | In 1902 , after the Hall had stood empty for some years , Lord Halifax lent it to a small community of Church of England Benedictines under Abbot Aelred Carlyle , the subject of a book Abbot Extraordinary . |
| 4 | Too run-down and curiously situated to appeal to most families , it had stood empty for several years before Frankie 's parents made it their home . |
| 5 | A DARLINGTON factory which has stood empty for three years is close to being sold . |
| 6 | In their farm kitchens and workshops you could be forgiven for thinking that time has stood still for 150 years . |
| 7 | rightly , have stood condemned for 300 years for having committed the atrocity . |
| 8 | The school occupied Trench Hall , a stately home which , having stood vacant for seven years , showed all the obvious signs of neglect . |