Example sentences of "stood as [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Built in an age of faith , the tower had stood as a symbol , too , of that final unquenchable hope that even the sea would yield up her dead and that their God was God of the waters as he was of the land . |
| 2 | During the municipal elections in Rome [ see above ] , Marco Pannella , a prominent PRI deputy [ see p. 35989 ] , had stood as a candidate for the Anti-prohibitionist Party , which succeeded in securing only one seat . |
| 3 | The new Resident Representative in the USA , Juan Babauta , a Republican , took over the post from a Democrat , Froilan C. Tenario , a strong nationalist who had stood as a candidate for the governorship . |
| 4 | Fudah , 47 , was a professor of agriculture who had unsuccessfully stood as a candidate in legislative elections , most recently in 1990 . |
| 5 | Known to be pro-Syrian , he had earlier argued against the boycott , but had unsuccessfully stood as a candidate for the National Charter List party in the Bekaa . |
| 6 | Levitt Electrical Corporation House had stood as a cover for over eight years . |