Example sentences of "stood for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another candle stood for the trivium , the place where three roads meet . |
| 2 | Probably the cross stood for the sun . |
| 3 | When Sir Alec lost the 1964 election their hour arrived , and all but Macleod stood for the leadership under a new system of open elections within the party . |
| 4 | Told to an outsider , the history of a lineage stood for the history of the tribe . |
| 5 | It stood for the whole of Hoggatt 's Lab . |
| 6 | When er I stood for the election of the national organizers for the East of Scotland and I was successful there and I left the Edinburgh branch in May nineteen sixty six to start work with the head office in nine May nineteen sixty six . |
| 7 | Its citizens presumably believed that their interests would be better served if Henry won , for he stood for the preservation of a single sovereign authority ruling in Poitou , England and Normandy , in other words over both ends of La Rochelle 's trade , over wine-growers and wine-drinkers . |
| 8 | ‘ Personal self-denial for the good of others was the first important lesson Annie learned , ’ says Taylor , ‘ and it was a principle by which she stood for the rest of her life . ’ |
| 9 | And there Anne stood for the rest of the day , a lonely little girl with a small white angry face . |
| 10 | Dad Tam : " You promise me you will never tell anybody " til " am deed that I stood for the man who made that statue . " |
| 11 | He denounced the old religion as the Lie and called on men to worship the deity whom he called Ahura Mazdah , the wise Lord , who stood for the Truth . |
| 12 | We stood for the hymn , sat for the Bible reading , knelt for the prayers . |
| 13 | He declined , although a member of GEMA , and stood for the post of national chairman . |
| 14 | But Gloucester also insisted throughout that he stood for the continuance of Edward IV 's regime , an emphasis which inevitably played down the political significance of the ‘ outs ’ . |
| 15 | But Gloucester also insisted throughout that he stood for the continuance of Edward IV 's regime , an emphasis which inevitably played down the political significance of the ‘ outs ’ . |
| 16 | The days when the Royal Brothers and Jackie Pallo plied their trade in exotic venues like Brent Town Hall and WWF stood for the World Wildlife Fund , not the World Wrestling Federation . |