Example sentences of "stand for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The curious nature of the first-person plural relationship in the Sonnets [ + ego , + tu ] is that it is so infrequent ( twelve times only ) and that even when it occurs it is tenuous , fragile , or , as here , stands for a union in falseness . |
| 2 | When numbers are written as figures a given digit stands for a word . |
| 3 | No more can x be " something which stands for a number " since one could equally well imagine it standing for a matrix or even the differential operator |
| 4 | If y stands for a number , then y + y + y + y stands for a number 4 times larger than y . |
| 5 | If y stands for a number , then y + y + y + y stands for a number 4 times larger than y . |
| 6 | ( ( a ) is done for you. ) unc Another shorthand technique is the following : example If K stands for a number , |
| 7 | It is not easy to find a general definition of the normal meaning of irony , but it usually stands for a process by which the content of a statement is qualified either by the reader 's attribution of a contrary intention to the author , or by the reader 's awareness of factors that are in conflict in one way or another with what is being said . |
| 8 | 7.3 If they touch on the point , discussions of restriction invariably proceed in a way which implies that the property of a restrictive adjective stands for a property which is to be ascribed to the entity of the noun phrase . |
| 9 | But the slogan , however carelessly drafted , means something more than banality ; it stands for an attitude that is important and open to challenge . |
| 10 | — The altar with its twelve pillars ( verse 4 ) stands for the bringing of the whole people of God into his presence ( for there were twelve tribes of Israel ) . |
| 11 | RD stands for the index figure for the month in which the disposal occurs . |
| 12 | Ndembu say that the sapling 's pliancy stands for the girl 's immaturity and youth : the tree is sometimes stated to be the novice 's ‘ matrilineage ’ , and its leaves her ‘ children ’ . |
| 13 | At the mere mention of a coat , she sits , eyes closed , nose pointing upwards to have it slipped on , then stands for the belt to be fastened . |
| 14 | Remember that velocity stands for the ratio of total spending over a period of time to the stock of money available . |
| 15 | He gives the obvious explanation that Shakespeare has read Ovid on Salmacis , and spices it with the assurance that Adonis stands for the Earl of Southampton , whom he keeps calling Wriothesley . |
| 16 | The P stands for the land area on which the crop stands . |
| 17 | The revolutionary democracy of Russia stands for the indivisibility of the State . |
| 18 | As ‘ sacrament ’ it stands for the sacrifice of the cross through which we were brought near to God . |
| 19 | Peter stands for the Church under persecution . |
| 20 | Thus , for example , the Labour Party in Britain supposedly stands for the redistribution of wealth , the maintenance of a national health and social security system , considerable government intervention in the economy and so on . |
| 21 | She stands for the civilization of the South , of the Midi , the home of the troubadours , against the sterner , rougher , cruder world of the North , represented , in this image , by her husband , the King of the North Wind , whose authority she is subtly undermining and against whom she will soon break out in open rebellion . |
| 22 | In the following examples , the letter " n " stands for the number , or numbers in the answer set . |
| 23 | However if you were let in to the secret that x stands for the number 10 then you can work out this problem in the following way unc |
| 24 | The unique marble hall , which gave its name to the palace , was screened with boards that served as exhibition stands for the photographs , diagrams and models . |
| 25 | where IR stands for the Band 7 reading and R ( red ) for the Band 5 reading . |
| 26 | Our description of rod manufacture also stands for the tubes , except that there is a central bullet in the die to form the ultimate wall thickness . |
| 27 | RI stands for the figure shown in the retail price index for March 1982 or the month in which expenditure was incurred , whichever is the later . |
| 28 | The centre in this explanation should not , as Shils observes , be understood in a geometric sense or even in a geographical sense ; in fact , the term ‘ centre ’ stands for the value systems by which society is ordered and thus may have only the weakest of links with particular concrete manifestations of elite values in politics , economics , culture or other aspects of societal interaction . |
| 29 | It represents the logical conclusion to preceding buildings and is the expression of national culture ; it stands for the essence of Muscovite Christianity in Russia and was the last great church of the movement in this architectural form . |
| 30 | In that rich compendium of ethnographic treasures , Shakespeare 's Bawdy , Eric Partridge tells us that the word horn stands for the penis in an extramarital adventure , as in the ‘ horn of adultery ’ or ‘ horn-maker ’ ( causer of cuckoldry ) . |