1.   Behind him the minister stood as straight and shadowy as a cypress tree.

2.   Certainly Lady Lisa might stand as the embodiment of the old fancy, the symbol of the modern idea.

3.   Hood ornaments of streamlined nymphs bearing tiny globes stood as bookends to his Architectural Digests.

4.   Hot water poured out the tops of basalt pillars that normally stand as cold obelisks in the middle of drained-back lava ponds.

5.   Ideally the combined written statement and budget estimate should stand as the Development or Corporate Plan of the governing body.

6.   It will stand as a permanent memorial to the man whose generosity has so benefited the Theatre Collection.

7.   It would be unwise to suggest that any of these remembered families can stand as typical.

8.   Lee stated that he did not intend to stand as a candidate in the presidential elections.

9.   Penal Policy in a Changing Society stands as the high watermark of what later became known as the treatment model.

10.   Perhaps Ken should stand as the next democratically elected Mayor of Tehran?