Example sentences of "stands for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She stands for a long moment . |
| 2 | They will have done him no good in the housing movement , which recognises that my hon. Friend stands for a real commitment , typical of this Government , to the needs of homeless people . |
| 3 | M stands for a thousand , so a 10M potency , for instance , has been diluted 1 in 100 , ten thousand times . |
| 4 | ‘ Organization ’ here stands for a separate small company or a self-governed part of a large company . |
| 5 | If you are to be awkward then my mother will not know where she stands for a good deal of time . ’ |
| 6 | The ANC stands for a new South Africa , a South Africa in which racism shall be a thing of the past , where human dignity and equality shall prevail in the life of the country and its people , where the goals enshrined in the Freedom Charter shall be transformed into a living reality . |
| 7 | GREENPEACE STANDS FOR A SAFE AND NUCLEAR-FREE WORLD . |
| 8 | In The Tempest verse again stands for a superior ethos in stark juxtaposition with prose . |
| 9 | It stands for a positive policy — Socialism at home and internationally " . |
| 10 | then star that stands for a wild card , that 'll do all files which have got the back up . |