Example sentences of "stood for the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 He also claimed his party would ‘ kick-start ’ the Mike Potter , who stood for the SDP in the 1989 Richmond by-election , said he would n't be standing in the forthcoming general Labour 's Tony Blair , Tory Michael Fallon and Lib Dem 's Alan Beith clashed in a live TV debate over the NHS .
2 Pigs stood for the figures that lounge in the shaded wood of Manet 's Dejeuner sur l'Herbe and Whistler 's mother was transformed into a black cow .
3 Pigs stood for the figures that lounge in the shaded wood of Manet 's Dejeuner sur l'Herbe and Whistler 's mother was transformed into a black cow .
4 Another candle stood for the trivium , the place where three roads meet .
5 Probably the cross stood for the sun .
6 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 .
7 Told to an outsider , the history of a lineage stood for the history of the tribe .
8 It stood for the whole of Hoggatt 's Lab .
9 Although only twenty-two houses were represented the syndicat recognised that it stood for the rights of some sixty Champagne houses , virtually the entire trade at the time .
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 ‘ 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 . ’
13 And there Anne stood for the rest of the day , a lonely little girl with a small white angry face .
14 Dad Tam : " You promise me you will never tell anybody " til " am deed that I stood for the man who made that statue . "
15 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 .
16 We stood for the hymn , sat for the Bible reading , knelt for the prayers .
17 Harry stood for the Isle of Man parliament in November officially Independent , ideologically Conservative .
18 He declined , although a member of GEMA , and stood for the post of national chairman .
19 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 ’ .
20 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 ’ .
21 The same year , 1958 , Albert Duff , a Belfast Alderman and the superintendent of a small mission hall , stood for the Stormont Parliament in the Iveagh constituency .
22 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 .
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