Example sentences of "stand [adv prt] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( They disport themselves to accommodate the next piece of mime , which consists of the PLAYER himself exhibiting an excitable anguish ( choreographed , stylized ) leading to an impassioned scene with the QUEEN ( cf. " The Closet Scene " , Shakespeare Act III , scene iv ) and a very stylized reconstruction of a POLONIUS figure being stabbed behind the arras ( the murdered KING to stand in for POLONIUS ) while the PLAYER himself continues his breathless commentary for the benefit of ROS and GUIL . ) |
| 2 | Or , from the Viz diary of a made-up Hollywood stunt man : ‘ I was asked to stand in for Mel Gibson in Lethal Weapon II , but I turned it down 'cos Patsy Kensit 's got tits like fried eggs . ’ |
| 3 | It is not surprising then that the earliest women to enter politics did so as ‘ surrogate ’ males , to stand in for husbands or fathers ( see the case of Nancy , Lady Astor ) or that no ‘ monstrous regiment ’ of women was waiting to overwhelm men in the battle for parliamentary seats . |
| 4 | She moved to Tonight , The Nine O'Clock News and The Six O'Clock News before leaving current affairs to stand in for Wogan . |
| 5 | Storry stands in for Mantle |
| 6 | Simon Povoas , the replacement on Saturday , stands in for Richards again and Jez Harris , a bench reserve of late , gets a run at outside-half instead of Ainscough . |
| 7 | Russ Abbot stands in for Leslie Crowther |
| 8 | Accordingly , nothing in his framework was designed to stand up for liberty where the legislature saw fit to intervene with new restrictive laws , or where the courts contrived to discover or develop them ; Dicey simply assumed that this would not occur . |
| 9 | The government found itself derided for its failure to stand up for Serbia , assert Russian interests in the Straits — the focal point of nationalist aspiration — and face the confrontation between Slav and Teuton which was widely thought to be inevitable . |
| 10 | Mr Grosz was the only senior politician yesterday with the courage to stand up for Communism in front of a hostile audience . |
| 11 | Clarissa would have liked to stand up for Charles , but it came out as nothing more positive than ‘ Oh ’ . |
| 12 | Germany 's Jewish Council , noting Monday 's anniversary of the Nazis ' 1938 Kristallnacht ( Night of the Shattering Glass ) pogrom , said the Right-wing resurgence obliged Germans more than ever before to stand up for democracy and tolerance . |
| 13 | As a result there are now Government , as well as private consumer organizations , whose purpose is to stand up for consumers ' rights . |
| 14 | ‘ I am demonstrating that I want to stand up for Hong Kong 's interests . |
| 15 | At the election he stood as the architect 's architect , pledged to stand up for quality of design . |
| 16 | Talb 's record stands out for attention , even if evidence of direct involvement in the PanAm bombing for the moment appears to be largely circumstantial . |
| 17 | Rising from a high crag above the fertile Cheshire Plain , Beeston Castle stands out for miles around , drawing you like a magnet from afar . |
| 18 | True grit … the council 's gritting team stands by for action |
| 19 | Control said all that was just fine , and to stand by for instructions . |
| 20 | ‘ William , stand in for Christine . ’ |
| 21 | Can I make it fair Mr chairman that erm obviously with all ours being mainly caretakers , it would only be fair to , to the actual caretaker erm person who looks after caretaking , to only invite cos otherwise you 've got ta get stand in for school which will cause problems . |
| 22 | All of this finally resulted in ’ Maus ’ , his book-length comic strip version of the Holocaust in which pigs stand in for Nazis and mice for Jews . |
| 23 | ‘ Stand Up for Fun ’ , filmed at Nidri , quickly introduces novices windsurfers to essentials , leading to the use of footstraps and harnesses . |
| 24 | Do n't be a Chocolate Teapot , melting away when the heat 's turned up at school ; stand up for God and know that he loves you enough to help you through each day , however hot it gets . |
| 25 | Austin Mitchell ( Lab , Great Grimsby ) said the Government should ‘ deal with Russian imports by a dumping ban on a temporary basis , provide financial support , stand up for fishing , instead of blaming the fishermen ’ . |
| 26 | Optionally — if you 're feeling mean — the carriage will animate and attack the adventurers if they just stand around for ages wondering what to do next . |
| 27 | For example , New York 's firemen oppose any attempt at flexible rostering ; they commonly stand by for duty over a 48-hour period each week , and then moonlight on other days . |
| 28 | Could he stand in for Clinton ? |
| 29 | COMEDIAN Russ Abbot will stand in for crash victim Leslie Crowther to present an edition of talent show Stars In Their Eyes , devoted to Elvis impersonators . |
| 30 | In many cases deputy heads of schools will stand in for heads who are absent or where there is a vacancy . |