Example sentences of "[pers pn] stand for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | if we demand freedom of secession for the Mongolians , Persians , Egyptians and all other oppressed and unequal nations without exception , we do so not because we favour secession , but only because we stand for free , voluntary association and merging as distinct from forcible association . |
| 2 | They stand for modern , improved , and mechanised farming as opposed to indigenous and backward farming , and so on . |
| 3 | In fact they stood for National War Museum . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ It stands for New Kentucky . ’ |
| 6 | 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 ) . |
| 7 | He stood for damaged Danu ; he got your sympathy . |