Example sentences of "to stand [adv] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The stylistic aplomb of the article may have us accepting the analogous links made between cockfighting and the totality of Balinese society without realising that these links are too fragmentary and partial to stand properly for the whole . |
| 2 | At first he was asked to stand literally for a couple of seconds before being praised and asked to walk on . |
| 3 | We are able to stand down for a while in the evening to get some sleep , write letters , play darts or watch TV . |
| 4 | FORMER Liberal leader Sir David Steel yesterday urged Labour to stand down for the Liberal-Democrats in seats they can not win at the next Election . |
| 5 | It started when a man working in the sorting office was suspended for refusing to stand in for a colleague who 'd gone sick . |
| 6 | And already in similiar circumstances in France last summer he had been presented with the kind of opportunity to prove himself that many young pianists must dream of in vain : he was called on , again at very short notice , to stand in for the even more illustrious Sviatoslav Richter at Richter 's own festival at the Grange Meslay near Tours . |
| 7 | And by the way , I have an appointment in the city around eleven , so I may not be back to stand in for the dinner breaks . |
| 8 | In 1952 it adopted the practice of permitting deputies to stand in for the ministers : the deputies soon became permanent features , attending to all business except that deemed to be symbolically important . |
| 9 | But you 've got to practice with me to get the movements right so I 'm to stand in for the swan . ’ |
| 10 | It suggests to me a little remarked aspect of dress and fashion : the ability of well chosen , beautiful garments to stand in for the body . |
| 11 | His head whirled and he felt giddy , virtually unable to stand upright for the foul vapours about him . |
| 12 | One reason there is so little change in most traditional bureaucratic organizations , I argue , is that they have conditioned out of people the willingness to stand up for a new idea . |
| 13 | Did you want to stand up for a minute ? |
| 14 | Maginnis , and by implication the Official Unionists , were weak and failed to stand up for the common man . |
| 15 | Hadlee professes great admiration for New Zealand 's wicketkeepers of modern times , the late Ken Wadsworth , and the incumbent record-holder , Ian Smith : ‘ But James had that ability to stand up for the one down the leg side , and the bails would be off in a flash . |
| 16 | You 're obviously more cautious than you were before , and erm a lot of kids now they tend to stand back for a while just in case 'cause you can never judge how fast they 're really going to go through there . |
| 17 | He also points out that the expedition led by himself and Clark had assembled ‘ the best people , worldwide , and the top people ca n't afford to stand around for a couple of years waiting for research to happen ’ . |
| 18 | He also points out that the expedition led by himself and Clark had assembled ‘ the best people , worldwide , and the top people ca n't afford to stand around for a couple of years waiting for research to happen ’ . |