Example sentences of "[verb] stand for [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Women and Psychology ( Williams 1979 ) , for instance , Ladner 's paper ‘ Growing up Black ’ , which describes the specific experiences of growing up in US cities in the 1960s , has to stand for the effects of both ‘ race ’ and class on gender . |
| 2 | She had remained her strong English self , and in truth she did put up with a good deal for in her terms a scholar 's life must always have stood for a life of privation , which would explain the furious resolve that clenched the lines in her face . |
| 3 | Carlos Abadia , leader of the broad-based opposition movement National Civic Crusade ( NCC ) , claimed that it was well known that Ford wished to stand for the presidency in 1994 and that he wished to give up his ministerial post " to reduce the political pressure on him " . |
| 4 | Saúl Ubaldini , secretary-general of the CGT and leader of the Azopardo wing , had opposed the austerity policies of President Carlos Saúl Menem , and had stood for the Congress in September 1991 but was heavily defeated [ see p. 38434 ] . |
| 5 | If you have to stand for a while at work or in a queue , it would be helpful to have one leg behind the other with the feet at about 45 degrees to each other . |