Example sentences of "[noun prp] stand for [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The revolutionary democracy of Russia stands for the indivisibility of the State . |
| 2 | In which year did Enoch Powell stand for the leadership of the Conservative Party ? |
| 3 | One of Scotland 's more interesting ruins , Minto stands for the moment in unspoilt Scottish Borders scenery , which could never be ‘ replicated ’ in Japan . |
| 4 | 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 " . |
| 5 | Oliver stood for a moment in terror , the blood rushing through him until he felt he was on fire . |
| 6 | When Sir Alec lost the 1964 election their hour arrived , and all but Macleod stood for the leadership under a new system of open elections within the party . |
| 7 | Harry stood for the Isle of Man parliament in November officially Independent , ideologically Conservative . |
| 8 | Owen stood for a moment in stunned shock . |
| 9 | Peter stands for the Church under persecution . |
| 10 | Durham stood for an idyll of ten years . |
| 11 | Athelstan stood for a moment in disbelief , then he moved over to the other bed post : there , in the centre , the artist had etched a life-like horse . |
| 12 | And there Anne stood for the rest of the day , a lonely little girl with a small white angry face . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Towards the end of the soirée , Eliot stood for a while by himself in a seemingly abstracted state , and , looking at him across the room , I could not decide whether he was looking in my direction or not . |
| 15 | On the doorstep of number 54 , Henry stood for a moment in the gloom , flexing his fingers . |