Example sentences of "stand for [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Prosamo ( which stands for planned release of selected and modified organisms ) is sponsoring a wide range of studies on the behaviour of genetically engineered organisms in the environment . |
| 2 | This stands for Cooperative Awards in Science and Engineering and erm under this scheme , a company erm can have a problem tackled by a research student working in a university and erm a supervisor , and indeed in this case , the input , the financial input , by the company may be quite small , may only amount to a few hundred pounds . |
| 3 | CNAPS stands for Connected Network of Adaptive ProcessorS , pointing to the fact that the system applies neural network technology , although as neural networks are less fashionable than parallel systems at the moment , the company is describing it as the lowest priced massively parallel system on the market . |
| 4 | CNAPS stands for Connected Network of Adaptive ProcessorS , pointing to the fact that the system applies neural network technology , although as neural networks are less fashionable than parallel systems at the moment , the company is describing it as the lowest priced massively parallel system on the market . |
| 5 | In addition to the known central features at the systemic velocity of the galaxy ( corresponding to the velocity of its centre ) , there are strong redshifted features with intensities of about one-half or one-third of the main features at ( where LSR stands for local standard of rest ) and weak blueshifted features with intensities of about one-tenth at — 300 to -460kms -1 . |
| 6 | RACE stands for rapid amplification of cDNA ends . |
| 7 | Rosenthal has selected just three artists to stand for new developments in the Nineties : Jeff Koons , Robert Gober and Mike Kelly . |
| 8 | Femininity is painted as a deviant , mysterious , finally unknowable object of investigation , and the ‘ riddle ’ of it ( Freud 1933 : 113 ) comes to stand for unconscious sexuality as a whole . |
| 9 | The evidence is that since the thirties women have begun to stand for political positions in their own right but progress has been slow . |
| 10 | The initials stand for Technical Assistance to the Commonwealth of Independent States … an initiative by the EC to provide financial and technical assistance on safety to the operators of six Russian and two Ukrainian reactors . |
| 11 | The Cartesian answer would be that they all stand for various kinds of mental activity , a distinguishing mark of the mental being that it is not extended in space like the other substance of Descartes 's dualism , matter . |
| 12 | We find it useful to have someone available as a stock figure to represent or stand for certain kinds of person . |
| 13 | It might seem that it would , because it might seem very natural to think that one red thing or image might be taken as standing for red things in general because of its natural resemblance to the other members of the class , this constituting the most fundamental sort of association . |
| 14 | The laws were believed to include Lithuania 's announcement last week of separate Lithuanian citizenship as well as new residence requirements for those standing for elected office in Estonia and Latvia . |
| 15 | The laws were believed to include Lithuania 's announcement last week of separate Lithuanian citizenship as well as new residence requirements for those standing for elected office in Estonia and Latvia . |
| 16 | They have their own demands but they are an integral part of the liberation struggle , which , right from the start , has stood for equal rights for men and women . |
| 17 | Cash 's liberalism only extends so far — he has always stood for old-fashioned values like God , country and being handy in a knife fight . |
| 18 | Manley stood for social justice despite the failure of his earlier administration in the 1970s which was derailed by powerful domestic and US opposition . |