11.   Science in this sense came to stand as a meta-discourse, framed by the broader contours of the conjuncture.

12.   She stood as the candidate for Hackney East.

13.   She stood straight as a wand, facing us.

14.   Some of the Pacific islands are too small to stand alone as independent states.

15.   Some one else defines who they are and what they stand for as public figures.

16.   The doctor and Chief Superintendent Coffin stood aside as the photographer moved in to start his unenviable task of recording the remains.

17.   Their victims stand as a constant reminder, both of their crimes, and of the reality they have tried to overturn.

18.   They stand as the essential interface between strategy formulation and tactical Decisions.

19.   This study stands as one of the earliest and most comprehensive analyses of this research question using this particular comparative method.

20.   This thus stands as a starting point for exploring the potential of complex semiotics as a mode of analysis of the photographic.