Example sentences of "[adv] stand for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , even if the records only stand for a couple of weeks , Kapil wants two Indians on top at the same time . |
| 2 | John Taylor says he thought long and hard before deciding not to stand for the Conservatives in Cheltenham again . |
| 3 | I did not stand for the job ’ . |
| 4 | would not stand for the stallion ; |
| 5 | The Official Secrets Act remains substantially intact , but it now has to be read with the additional defences available under the new legislation , happily with a pendant attached deriving from the Aitken case that juries will not stand for the use of oppressive legislation in cases of mild divulgence , and confidentiality has been confirmed as being available where secret information is breached without official justification . |
| 6 | She was so surprised she could n't think of anything to say and just stood for a moment staring at him . |
| 7 | It is not easy to find a general definition of the normal meaning of irony , but it usually stands for a process by which the content of a statement is qualified either by the reader 's attribution of a contrary intention to the author , or by the reader 's awareness of factors that are in conflict in one way or another with what is being said . |
| 8 | The Conservative Party has always stood for the protection of the citizen and the defence of the rule of law . |
| 9 | After the South African War , he tried unsuccessfully to stand for the South African parliament before returning home to marry Lady Mary Douglas Hamilton . |
| 10 | Our description of rod manufacture also stands for the tubes , except that there is a central bullet in the die to form the ultimate wall thickness . |
| 11 | The opening shots of the campaign were fired when Mr Gould — who is also standing for the deputy leadership along with Mr John Prescott , transport spokesman — implicitly criticised the tax policies which formed the centrepiece of his adversary 's pre-election shadow Budget . |
| 12 | Thus , for example , the Labour Party in Britain supposedly stands for the redistribution of wealth , the maintenance of a national health and social security system , considerable government intervention in the economy and so on . |
| 13 | ‘ Constanza would n't stand for an answer . |
| 14 | On the other hand , their situation is structured , and ( ‘ holism' here standing for the idea that the parts of a whole behave as the whole requires ) we are interested in the social constraints on their actions . |
| 15 | At the mere mention of a coat , she sits , eyes closed , nose pointing upwards to have it slipped on , then stands for the belt to be fastened . |
| 16 | I closed the door and propped a piece of wood against it , then stood for a while , letting my eyes adjust to the gloom and my mind to the feel of the place . |
| 17 | Maxim got the film and certificates from his room , then stood for a moment at the top of the front steps , looking across the parade ground . |
| 18 | She watched him disappear from view , then stood for a moment , forcing herself to breathe deeply and evenly . |