Example sentences of "stood for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Britain stood for political ideals that must prevail if western civilization were not to break down ; Britain could carry the torch of freedom , truth , toleration and peace . |
| 2 | People asked her , significantly in that suffragette period , if the initials stood for New Women 's Movement . |
| 3 | He stood for damaged Danu ; he got your sympathy . |
| 4 | He was satisfied to leave the government of Sicily largely to the chancellor , Gauthier de Paléar , bishop of Troja , who stood for Sicilian rights and was anti-German . |
| 5 | In fact they stood for National War Museum . |
| 6 | Manley stood for social justice despite the failure of his earlier administration in the 1970s which was derailed by powerful domestic and US opposition . |
| 7 | The enemy stood for different things and must be defeated . |