Example sentences of "[noun prp] stand for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | RD stands for the index figure for the month in which the disposal occurs . |
| 2 | The revolutionary democracy of Russia stands for the indivisibility of the State . |
| 3 | In which year did Enoch Powell stand for the leadership of the Conservative Party ? |
| 4 | Having decided that she was too old for nougat , Nancy stood for a moment admiring her pool flanked by statues painstakingly collected by her husband , two Henry Moores , a Giacometti and an Elizabeth Frink , all concreted to the ground and wired with electrical devices to a central burglar alarm in the Mondano police station . |
| 5 | One of Scotland 's more interesting ruins , Minto stands for the moment in unspoilt Scottish Borders scenery , which could never be ‘ replicated ’ in Japan . |
| 6 | 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 " . |
| 7 | Surprisingly , it did not feel too cold and Endill stood for a moment trying to see the end of it but it disappeared into darkness . |
| 8 | RI stands for the figure shown in the retail price index for March 1982 or the month in which expenditure was incurred , whichever is the later . |
| 9 | Oliver stood for a moment in terror , the blood rushing through him until he felt he was on fire . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Delaney stood for a second looking after it . |
| 12 | Harry stood for the Isle of Man parliament in November officially Independent , ideologically Conservative . |
| 13 | Owen stood for a moment in stunned shock . |
| 14 | Theodora stood for a moment staring with puzzlement into the dark . |
| 15 | Peter stands for the Church under persecution . |
| 16 | Durham stood for an idyll of ten years . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | And there Anne stood for the rest of the day , a lonely little girl with a small white angry face . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | The days when the Royal Brothers and Jackie Pallo plied their trade in exotic venues like Brent Town Hall and WWF stood for the World Wildlife Fund , not the World Wrestling Federation . |
| 21 | Edouard stood for a while , alone in the gardens . |
| 22 | She nodded and disappeared , but Sophie stood for a moment . |
| 23 | Outside , Tom Horrocks stood for a moment stroking the nose of his great bay . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | It dominated the room so that he and Alice Mair stood for a moment , silently regarding it . |
| 26 | Maura stood for a second looking at her mother . |
| 27 | On the doorstep of number 54 , Henry stood for a moment in the gloom , flexing his fingers . |