Example sentences of "[prep] stand [adv prt] for [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had little or no permanence and cohesion and therefore no organisation and no prospect of standing up for their rights . |
| 2 | perpetual insults that every decent labour man has endured through standing up for his country in the hour of her crisis from men who have foisted themselves on the Labour movement by wirepulling tactics . |
| 3 | The narrators have been persecuted for standing up for their principles . |
| 4 | In dealings with other people a balance needs to be struck , therefore , between standing up for your own rights whilst respecting other people 's . |
| 5 | Is my hon. Friend aware that he has earned the widespread respect of British farmers by standing up for their interests ? |