Example sentences of "stand at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The number of plastic cards in circulation has risen from less than 10 million 10 years ago to 27 million today , while the total bank lending on cards — which in January 1980 stood at £934 million — currently stands at a massive £6.6 billion . |
| 2 | The number of plastic cards in circulation has risen from less than 10 million 10 years ago to 27 million today , while the total bank lending on cards — which in January 1980 stood at £934 million — currently stands at a massive £6.6 billion . |
| 3 | Charities for the homeless report that 5,000 new people a year arrive on the streets and that the total figure now stands at a staggering 300,000 for the whole country . |
| 4 | Tony Bowran stands at a full six feet . |
| 5 | The world 's population now stands at a little over four billion . |
| 6 | Moreover , there is not so much to smell when you are flying high up and away from the scents and aromas that cling to the Earth — or even if , like man , your nose stands at a height of five or six feet , rarely bending towards the ground . |
| 7 | It stands at a point where firm ground lies close to the river Derwent , and from olden times has been the site of an important river crossing , first by ferry , later by bridge . |
| 8 | Church attendance , despite rallying from a low point in the mid-Eighties , stands at a paltry 2.4 per cent of the population — half a per cent behind the Catholics . |
| 9 | On the positive side , it says that the company 's financial condition remains strong , with about $150m of cash and long-term investments at 1992 year end , and $112m of debt , and a debt-to-equity ratio that stands at a conservative 13% . |
| 10 | The policing of Northern Ireland therefore stands at a tense crossroads . |
| 11 | Rolls-Royce 's order book stands at a record £7 billion . |
| 12 | Today , the Games ' record in this event stands at a superb 48.63 secs , while Ireland 's record-holder , Willie Johnston ( 52.25s ) , would have given Devitt a three-metre start and beaten him ! |
| 13 | It is rather a perspective that recognizes and takes full account of the reality of such crime within the world and which stands at a distance from it . |
| 14 | CONFIDENCE in the housing market stands at a 15-month high , according to a Gallup report published today . |
| 15 | The nine-foot figure stands at a new development in Dockwray Square , North Shields , Stan Laurel 's home for 10 years . |
| 16 | North of the Border , a balance between those architects expecting a rise and those expecting a fall in workloads in the next six months stands at a dismal minus 19 per cent . |
| 17 | It can be said of these strong-minded and independently gifted accomplices that their work shows a dimension of reciprocity and replication , of the production unit , which stands at an appreciable remove from parody and plagiarism , and from the mimicry of other people 's voices which is comprehended in the term ‘ ventriloquism ’ , which Amis goes in for in private , among friends , and which is also a pleasure of the novels he writes . |
| 18 | Stukeley 's brief description ( p. 84 , Vol. i ) reads ‘ Brigcasterton … was fenced about with a deep mote on two sides , the river supplying its use on the other two ; for it stands at an angle , and the Romans made a little curve in the road here on purpose to take it in , as it offered itself so conveniently , then rectified the obliquity on the other side of the town ; it consists of one street running through its length upon the road ; the great ditch and banks are called the Dikes . |
| 19 | However , this proves difficult in the space available when you consider that the total number of current classes stands at an impressive 170 ! |
| 20 | Nicholas Luard and the other members of the group were particularly concerned about the planting of conifers at Bara Ceirch farm as it stands at the headwaters of the Rivers Cothi and Towy , two of the finest salmon rivers in Wales . |
| 21 | The dancers engage in playful sport , dressed in simple turtle-coloured costumes , while Wagoner stands at the back as some kind of pondering philosopher figure . |
| 22 | All women qua women should be strictly excluded from entering the sanctuary where the priest stands at the altar . |
| 23 | But before Budd came on , they had to listen to Andy Roberts , who stands at the opposite end of ufology to Hopkins and whose new book , Phantoms Of The Sky ( written with Dave Clarke , published by Robert Hale ) , gave the conference its name . |
| 24 | At this very moment , Oedipus stands at the crossroads , killing the testy man , his father . |
| 25 | Here the now extensive Lightpill Mill site stands at the confluence of the Nailsworth Stream with a smaller one that runs down from Rodborough Hill . |
| 26 | Marion Russell stands at the threshold and peeps cautiously round the edge of the door , surveying the arrangement of people and furniture as a thief might case a property for ease of entry and swiftness of escape . |
| 27 | An early signpost , pre-dating Telford 's improvement of the Holyhead Road in 1811 , stands at the junction of the A49 and B4368 . |
| 28 | Thus has come about the present status of evolution of which man is the apparent culmination but not the real summit ; for he is himself a transitional being and stands at the turning point of the whole movement . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ The fact that it [ JAH-BUL-ON ] stands at the pinnacle of Craft Freemasonry makes it well nigh impossible to change . |
| 30 | A statue to him stands at the junction of Seagate and Castle Street , Irvine . |