Example sentences of "standing for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The new legislation added to the grounds on which a People 's Assembly representative could be disqualified or banned from standing for future election . |
| 2 | The formula for calculating the final value of an annuity is usually called something like FV — standing for Future Value . |
| 3 | If you notice a particular position that causes discomfort or pain , such as sitting or standing for long periods , then you do as Alexander did and use a mirror to help you detect the source of your problem . |
| 4 | The oldest is 583 ( EOD ) Squadron of the Royal Engineers , EOD standing for Explosive Ordnance Disposal . |
| 5 | The name and date were inserted in a decorative framework , this probably being kept standing for immediate use when sightseers arrived . |
| 6 | This is precisely the minefield that King is gleefully preparing to step into with her debut novel O.P.P. ( a title lifted from the rap hit by Naughty By Nature and standing for Other People 's , uh , Property ) . |
| 7 | Elvis+ — apparently a Russian acronym standing for Electronic Computer and Information Systems — is run as a private company 40 kilometres outside of Moscow , headed by Dr Alexander Galitsky , the chief designer of communications satellites for the Russian computer space programme and one of the top experts in wireless communications . |
| 8 | It might seem that it would , because it might seem very natural to think that one red thing or image might be taken as standing for red things in general because of its natural resemblance to the other members of the class , this constituting the most fundamental sort of association . |
| 9 | The laws were believed to include Lithuania 's announcement last week of separate Lithuanian citizenship as well as new residence requirements for those standing for elected office in Estonia and Latvia . |
| 10 | The laws were believed to include Lithuania 's announcement last week of separate Lithuanian citizenship as well as new residence requirements for those standing for elected office in Estonia and Latvia . |
| 11 | The IBA , with an over-abundance of legal caution , did cut such references from a Labour Party political broadcast , apparently on the ground that the broadcasters might be deemed " malicious " if their dominant motive was to win votes for themselves rather than to inform the public of the truth about persons standing for public office . |
| 12 | Binks had given the robot the somewhat unglamorous name RAMP , standing for Random Access Multi Program . |