Example sentences of "[verb] stand [adv prt] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Accordingly , nothing in his framework was designed to stand up for liberty where the legislature saw fit to intervene with new restrictive laws , or where the courts contrived to discover or develop them ; Dicey simply assumed that this would not occur . |
| 2 | At the election he stood as the architect 's architect , pledged to stand up for quality of design . |
| 3 | Can I make it fair Mr chairman that erm obviously with all ours being mainly caretakers , it would only be fair to , to the actual caretaker erm person who looks after caretaking , to only invite cos otherwise you 've got ta get stand in for school which will cause problems . |
| 4 | Germans have stood up for freedom . |
| 5 | Those people have stood up for justice , despite the abuse that they received from the public . |