Example sentences of "able stand [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It made us able to stand up on our own two feet , to sharpen us up in many respects . |
| 2 | Reynolds was a notable conversationalist , well able to stand up to his friends , who included Samuel Johnson and Edmund Burke . |
| 3 | Kinnock improved his image most on being energetic and decisive but actually lost ground on being able to stand up to the USSR , reflecting perhaps the consequences of his ‘ dad 's army ’ interview with David Frost . |
| 4 | On being able to stand up to the USSR , Thatcher scored 80 per cent in the precampaign week , easing to 79 per cent in the last fortnight of the campaign . |
| 5 | No one has yet been able to stand up to that complex and refuse to give it the money . |
| 6 | In the longer term the Palestinian Agricultural Relief Committees tried to help individual farmers to eke out an adequate living , encourage the organization of small farmers at the village level , and foster the growth of a farming structure better able to stand up to the rigours of occupation than the present one in which middlemen and large landowners dominated agriculture . |
| 7 | His only concern at that time was whether his marriage was going to be able to stand up to his time in jail . |
| 8 | Since this high work of fracture — which makes trees able to stand up to the buffetings of life and which makes wood such a useful material — can not be accounted for by any of the recognized work of fracture mechanisms which operate in man-made composites , George set out to find out what was really happening . |
| 9 | Maxine Johnson , who had been uneasy at his interview , was worried about whether Sutton would ‘ be able to stand up to Pilger ’ . |
| 10 | A Japanese-led bloc of Asian nations would be militarily and economically secure , and able to stand up to the threat posed by the nations of Europe and by the United States . |
| 11 | This aspect of the writing of reports has been exaggerated to impress on you that every report , even the least important , must be able to stand up to expert cross-examination . |
| 12 | ‘ I wo n't be able to stand up to them like you , Adam . ’ |
| 13 | No one seemed able to stand up to her , to dent her . |
| 14 | The Office of Fair Trading chose not to examine this market and the Hatton Garden traders have not always been able to stand up to Ratner 's negotiating muscle . |
| 15 | Claudia shivered ; her twin was n't alone in her fear , but Dana would n't be able to stand up to him for a moment . |
| 16 | No ; not a boy , a man , one who would be able to stand up to her father and say , ‘ It 's done , she 's mine . ’ |
| 17 | By and large these industries were able to stand up by themselves , with little government protection or planning' ( Komiya , 1975 , pp. 219–20 ) . |
| 18 | ‘ Please tell her I 'm sorry she 's ill — but that I 'm pleased to be able to stand in for her . ’ |
| 19 | We are able to stand down for a while in the evening to get some sleep , write letters , play darts or watch TV . |
| 20 | Here he was able to stand back from the onrush of western man and ask himself the real questions of life and meaning ; get his young life , full and successful as it had been , into perspective . |
| 21 | By reacting in this way , Jane is able to stand back from the situation and it can not hurt her as it used to do . |
| 22 | That demanded constant attention , and yet the Prime Minister must also be able to stand back from the pressure of events and think about the future . |