Example sentences of "stand for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ICMS stands for Integrated Crop Management Systems and , unless you are involved in produce growing , it is an expression you have probably never heard . |
| 2 | ‘ Adam & Eve ’ stands for Automated Document Analysis and Manipulation & Extensible Variety of Exercises . |
| 3 | H. This stands for historic pricing and indicates that unless there has been an intervening revaluation investors may deal at the prices quoted in the newspaper on that day ( which were set at the closing levels of the previous day ) . |
| 4 | F. This stands for forward pricing and indicates that investors can be given no firm price before the transaction takes place . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | He also quipped that , since NT stands for New Technology , ‘ we will will have to change that when it 's a few years old . ’ |
| 8 | He also quipped that , since NT stands for New Technology , ‘ we will will have to change that when it 's a few years old . ’ |
| 9 | CNAPS stands for Connected Network of Adaptive ProcessorS , pointing to the fact that the system applies neural network technology , although as neural networks are less fashionable than parallel systems at the moment , the company is describing it as the lowest priced massively parallel system on the market . |
| 10 | CNAPS stands for Connected Network of Adaptive ProcessorS , pointing to the fact that the system applies neural network technology , although as neural networks are less fashionable than parallel systems at the moment , the company is describing it as the lowest priced massively parallel system on the market . |
| 11 | In addition to the known central features at the systemic velocity of the galaxy ( corresponding to the velocity of its centre ) , there are strong redshifted features with intensities of about one-half or one-third of the main features at ( where LSR stands for local standard of rest ) and weak blueshifted features with intensities of about one-tenth at — 300 to -460kms -1 . |
| 12 | In the Friday workouts , ‘ q ’ stands for quick pace and ‘ e ’ stands for easy . |
| 13 | It can be shown that for large samples the statistic , called the likelihood ratio test statistic , is distributed as a chi-square variate with g degrees of freedom where , as before , g is the number of restrictions and ‘ log ’ stands for natural logarithm . |
| 14 | SQL , which stands for structured query language , is a calculus-based language used on a number of database systems , for example , DB2 and Oracle . |
| 15 | RACE stands for rapid amplification of cDNA ends . |
| 16 | CAT stands for cysteic acid treatment , a type of protein to help repair and protect damaged hair . |
| 17 | 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 ) . |
| 18 | AIDS stands for Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome . |
| 19 | Femininity is painted as a deviant , mysterious , finally unknowable object of investigation , and the ‘ riddle ’ of it ( Freud 1933 : 113 ) comes to stand for unconscious sexuality as a whole . |
| 20 | Mr Salmond rejected claims that he had made the issue a question of confidence and said he was ‘ relaxed ’ at the prospect of a challenge , adding : ‘ I think that is a rather far fetched possibility , but obviously in a democratic party everyone has the right to stand for national convener . ’ |
| 21 | Liberal democracy describes the political system in a number of countries that meet certain criteria , such as the freedoms to form and join organizations , to express opinions , to vote and to compete for votes and to stand for public office , plus the holding of free and fair elections and the existence of institutions which ensure that government policies reflect popularly expressed preferences ( Johnston , 1989d , after Dahl , 1978 ) . |
| 22 | That makes you a full member , it gives you the right to vote , it gives you the right to stand for public office , it gives you the right even to hold public office . |
| 23 | There must be some hidden sexual factor involved , as though the soft-furred ( and therefore sexy ) cat has come to stand for sexual violence and rape , via its savagely sharp claws and canine teeth . |
| 24 | The initials stand for Technical Assistance to the Commonwealth of Independent States … an initiative by the EC to provide financial and technical assistance on safety to the operators of six Russian and two Ukrainian reactors . |
| 25 | Does MI , for example , stand for mitral incompetence or myocardial infarct ? |
| 26 | Some organisations stand for total deregulation while others emphasise the consumer . |
| 27 | powerful local managers may not stand for centralised decision making . |
| 28 | Anthropologists , in turn , have attempted to argue that , for example , the transition from brideservice , in which labour is performed by the prospective groom , to bridewealth , where objects are given in exchange for the bride , marks a significant difference in the development of a phenomenon whereby objects may stand for human labour , with the implication that this is the first stage towards the conditions of property and alienation as we know them today ( Strathern 1985 ) . |
| 29 | The new legislation added to the grounds on which a People 's Assembly representative could be disqualified or banned from standing for future election . |
| 30 | The formula for calculating the final value of an annuity is usually called something like FV — standing for Future Value . |