Example sentences of "stand for [det] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ’ . Again Douglas ( 1966 : 138 ) has suggested there is a liaison which exists between the physical body and its use as an expression of the social , so that one becomes a paradigm for the other : ‘ the [ human ] body is a model which can stand for any bounded system … |
| 2 | Mahathir , 66 , issued a call for party unity and hinted strongly that he might stand for another two-year term as UMNO leader in the party 's 1993 elections . |
| 3 | And he , Alexander Augustus Hope , Colonel , at your service , gentlemen , would not stand for another coarse word in her presence , DID THEY HEAR ? |
| 4 | Mr Grosz said that he would remain ‘ active in the movement ’ but would not be standing for any elected post . |
| 5 | I 'm sure they would n't have stood for any rough stuff . ’ |