Example sentences of "[conj] stand [adv prt] for the " in BNC.

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1 If the choice now is between shoring up a democratically bankrupt Westminster or standing up for the restoration of Scottish democracy , then I am for Scottish democracy .
2 Labour must , once again , be the party that stands up for the individual against the vested interests that hold him or her back …
3 An animal capable of symbolization can carry away from a situation an inner trace that stands in for the response it may make when it next encounters the situation .
4 Some universities now have deputy or pro vice chancellors , who chair major committees and stand in for the vice chancellor .
5 The chief academic and administrative officer of a Scottish university , he or she is usually styled ‘ principal and vice chancellor ’ , the latter title used when standing in for the chancellor on ceremonial occasions .
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