Sentence examples for stands instead of from inspiring English sources

If using three-tiered cake stands instead of trays, the traditional arrangement is to place scones on the top tier, tea sandwiches and savory snacks on the middle tier, and sweet food on the bottom tier.[13].[13]

The family sat in the stands instead of a suite, and Roenicke said spectators repeatedly talked up the Brewer resurgence.

He got four games for tapping the back of a linesman's head, two games for protesting, one game for applauding his sending-off and one game for remaining in the stands instead of leaving the stadium after his sending-off.

Squint hard enough at the scene late last month and you could almost have imagined it was back in Ben Bedini's midcentury heyday: thousands in the stands instead of hundreds, a blazing afternoon sun in place of nighttime lighting, battle-chewed grass rather than emerald-green artificial turf.

On July 9, Coach Marcello Lippi and the national team won the 2006 World Cup in a dramatic penalty shoot-out against France that will be remembered mostly for French captain Zinedine Zidane head butting Italy's Marco Materazzi, an act of violence that would have resulted in a prison sentence if it had happened in the stands instead of on the pitch (See "Ignoble End To Zidane's Career").

The all-seater stadium has a capacity of 12,500 and has only three stands instead of the usual four; when first planned in 1995 it was originally going to have a 16,000-seat capacity, but by the time the stadium opened Oxford was playing in a lower division, so the smaller capacity was deemed adequate.

The umpires stopped play after the ball appeared to strike a fan, but they let the run stand instead of sending Peralta back to third.

Duval's ailing back was painful enough for him to stand instead of sit throughout his news conference in the media center following his six-under-par 66 in today's third round.

"There are enough straight, white, male, middle-aged guys in parliament, so I'd always consider – is there someone more representative of the population who'd stand instead of me?" Like Labour, the Greens would give 16-year-olds the vote.

To be honest, I would feel better if hotels left a bowl of pasta on the night stand instead of a bible.

"My recommendation is to investigate and know where you stand instead of just believing [an issue is right] -- and [be] willing to change your opinion". .