Example sentences of "[noun pl] stand for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | RM1 correctly identified 48% of the phonemes in the test utterances , though of course , these labels stood for a set of phonemes ( Bard et al 1987 ) . |
| 2 | These initials stand for the H uman I mmuno-deficiency V irus . |
| 3 | The initials stand for the State Earnings Related Pension Scheme . |
| 4 | Pigs stood for the figures that lounge in the shaded wood of Manet 's Dejeuner sur l'Herbe and Whistler 's mother was transformed into a black cow . |
| 5 | Pigs stood for the figures that lounge in the shaded wood of Manet 's Dejeuner sur l'Herbe and Whistler 's mother was transformed into a black cow . |
| 6 | In Matthew the disciples stand for the Church , as does the phrase ‘ the kingdom of heaven ’ . |
| 7 | His comments came at the start of the monthly meeting of Castlereagh Council last night where members stood for a minute 's silence in tribute to the four Catholic workmen killed in Castlerock and the two young victims of the IRA Warrington blast . |