Example sentences of "[pron] stands [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Prosamo ( which stands for planned release of selected and modified organisms ) is sponsoring a wide range of studies on the behaviour of genetically engineered organisms in the environment . |
| 2 | CMOS devices are also re-programmable using electrically erasable circuitry , and can pack more circuitry on board than bipolar chips — hence the ‘ CE ’ in the name which stands for CMOS-Erasable . |
| 3 | CPIM , which stands for Certified in Production and Inventory Management is an association of industry professionals who have achieved a CPIM diploma . |
| 4 | SQL , which stands for structured query language , is a calculus-based language used on a number of database systems , for example , DB2 and Oracle . |
| 5 | Apart from this pivotal incident , which itself stands in awkward relationship to the rest of the book , the bare bones of the story are unexceptional . |
| 6 | Today , devoid of sundry aid pegs , it stands at hard E2 ; and at that time it was another leap in climbing standards . |
| 7 | It often refers to any individual member organization irrespective of its actual name , i.e. whether it is an association or federation or whether it stands for Planned Parenthood , Family Well-being , Responsible Parenthood , Protection of the Family or Family Health , etc . |
| 8 | ‘ It stands for New Kentucky . ’ |
| 9 | With provocation we look at the " what if " and suppose " and go even beyond these with " po " the new word I coined elsewhere to allow deliberate provocation ( it stands for provocative Operation ) . |
| 10 | This is a life so transformed that it stands in utter contrast to the life which comes naturally to us as human beings . |
| 11 | Located beside the sandy beach , it stands in spacious gardens which include a fresh-water pool , children 's pool and tennis court . |
| 12 | A 19th-century castle , it stands in extensive well-tended gardens . |
| 13 | It stands in splendid isolation near the moorland road to Bowes and it was there that merchants and farmers would leave butter eggs and other foodstuffs to be picked up by the afflicted . |
| 14 | Moreover , it stands in dazzling contrast to the sombre pessimism of most novels by white writers who seem to suffer what Alice Walker herself defines as a debilitating sense of ‘ cosmic guilt ’ and who have largely ceased to believe that literature can actually do anything . |
| 15 | When a poet is nearing the creation of a new image , it is as if he stands with stout Cortes : |