Example sentences of "have stand for [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Women and Psychology ( Williams 1979 ) , for instance , Ladner 's paper ‘ Growing up Black ’ , which describes the specific experiences of growing up in US cities in the 1960s , has to stand for the effects of both ‘ race ’ and class on gender . |
| 2 | She had remained her strong English self , and in truth she did put up with a good deal for in her terms a scholar 's life must always have stood for a life of privation , which would explain the furious resolve that clenched the lines in her face . |
| 3 | A financial advisor , he was beaten into second place by about 2,000 votes in the November by-election , having stood for the Tynebridge constituency five years ago . |
| 4 | There one had to stand for a moment while one 's name was read out — then another little push — a curtsey and four steps forward to just below the Queen . |
| 5 | The gastropodic semi-automaton moved over reverentially to polish the section of ancient riveted floor where the two Marines had stood for a while . |
| 6 | The children had stood for a moment , awestruck in the hall , as she had hoped they might , amazed at the broad stone staircase , the hanging lantern and the dark portraits of who ? |
| 7 | He had thrown aside his own robe then , and had stood for a moment looking down at her , the firelight playing over his body , and Grainne had felt her senses tumble , for surely , oh surely there had never been anything so beautiful and so strong … |
| 8 | In 1983 , of the 1 16 ‘ publishers and journalists ’ standing only 45 were elected : 30 of the 71 defeated candidates had stood for the SDP ! |
| 9 | Saúl Ubaldini , secretary-general of the CGT and leader of the Azopardo wing , had opposed the austerity policies of President Carlos Saúl Menem , and had stood for the Congress in September 1991 but was heavily defeated [ see p. 38434 ] . |
| 10 | If you have to stand for a while at work or in a queue , it would be helpful to have one leg behind the other with the feet at about 45 degrees to each other . |