Example sentences of "stand for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everyone stands for the general salute — they may be civilian guests , but they have studied the programme avidly and have learnt what to do . |
| 2 | As ‘ sacrament ’ it stands for the sacrifice of the cross through which we were brought near to God . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Again he said , in an argument strangely reminiscent of Erastus , Richard Hooker and Matthew Arnold , that ‘ the State is more sacred than any Church … for the State stands for the whole people in their manifold collective life ; and any Church is but a fragment of that life , though one of the most important fragments ’ . |
| 6 | He gives the obvious explanation that Shakespeare has read Ovid on Salmacis , and spices it with the assurance that Adonis stands for the Earl of Southampton , whom he keeps calling Wriothesley . |
| 7 | The revolutionary democracy of Russia stands for the indivisibility of the State . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | RI stands for the figure shown in the retail price index for March 1982 or the month in which expenditure was incurred , whichever is the later . |
| 10 | RD stands for the index figure for the month in which the disposal occurs . |
| 11 | Peter stands for the Church under persecution . |
| 12 | Ndembu say that the sapling 's pliancy stands for the girl 's immaturity and youth : the tree is sometimes stated to be the novice 's ‘ matrilineage ’ , and its leaves her ‘ children ’ . |
| 13 | In that rich compendium of ethnographic treasures , Shakespeare 's Bawdy , Eric Partridge tells us that the word horn stands for the penis in an extramarital adventure , as in the ‘ horn of adultery ’ or ‘ horn-maker ’ ( causer of cuckoldry ) . |
| 14 | One of Scotland 's more interesting ruins , Minto stands for the moment in unspoilt Scottish Borders scenery , which could never be ‘ replicated ’ in Japan . |
| 15 | The unique marble hall , which gave its name to the palace , was screened with boards that served as exhibition stands for the photographs , diagrams and models . |
| 16 | — The altar with its twelve pillars ( verse 4 ) stands for the bringing of the whole people of God into his presence ( for there were twelve tribes of Israel ) . |
| 17 | So Mt Sinai stands for the fulfilment of one half of the covenant promise of Exodus 6:7 : " I will take you for my people " . |
| 18 | She stands for the civilization of the South , of the Midi , the home of the troubadours , against the sterner , rougher , cruder world of the North , represented , in this image , by her husband , the King of the North Wind , whose authority she is subtly undermining and against whom she will soon break out in open rebellion . |
| 19 | The " experience of men of our race and culture " in fact stands for the quite narrow culture of which the report itself forms a part . |
| 20 | where R represents the number of correct responses for the right ear/visual field and I stands for the left ear/visual field . |
| 21 | In the following examples , the letter " n " stands for the number , or numbers in the answer set . |
| 22 | However if you were let in to the secret that x stands for the number 10 then you can work out this problem in the following way unc |
| 23 | The centre in this explanation should not , as Shils observes , be understood in a geometric sense or even in a geographical sense ; in fact , the term ‘ centre ’ stands for the value systems by which society is ordered and thus may have only the weakest of links with particular concrete manifestations of elite values in politics , economics , culture or other aspects of societal interaction . |
| 24 | Remember that velocity stands for the ratio of total spending over a period of time to the stock of money available . |
| 25 | The P stands for the land area on which the crop stands . |
| 26 | where IR stands for the Band 7 reading and R ( red ) for the Band 5 reading . |
| 27 | Alan Pugh is the secretary of another group of initials , BFICC , which stands for the British Facsimile Industry Consultative Committee . |
| 28 | It represents the logical conclusion to preceding buildings and is the expression of national culture ; it stands for the essence of Muscovite Christianity in Russia and was the last great church of the movement in this architectural form . |
| 29 | As I took my place with two jamjars in my first Saturday morning kids matinee queue , apprehensive lest the currency had been devalued or even replaced with money , I observed that not only were Royals the heroes in the films but that my choice of cinema was between the Queens and the Royal , and I was warned that before the performance you were supposed to stand for the pianist 's rendition of ‘ God Save the King ’ . |
| 30 | The trouble started with the decision of his wife , Semra , to stand for the powerful job of head of the Motherland Party in Istanbul . |