Example sentences of "[noun sg] stand for the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Told to an outsider , the history of a lineage stood for the history of the tribe . |
| 2 | Remember that velocity stands for the ratio of total spending over a period of time to the stock of money available . |
| 3 | As a proper noun standing for the state of being modern it has never really caught on as a popular word in everyday speech . |
| 4 | The resignations of four government ministers in late September were believed to be related to forthcoming elections , with Education Minister Ricardo Lagos Escobar in particular stepping down in order to stand for the presidency in 1993 , and Carlos Ominami Pascual ( Economy ) to organize his campaign . |
| 5 | 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 ) . |