Example sentences of "stood for the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Creed had requisitioned an open car , and he stood for the entire procession , as a mark of his own personal respect for the deceased . |
| 2 | In my case , the first and most important candle stood for the dark forest . |
| 3 | Her fragmentation into little states , split between Protestantism and Catholicism , has been exacerbated by a split between those who wanted Western or Eastern orientation : the West , represented by the rationalism and domination of France , the liberalism and mercantilism of England , or the modernism of the United States , stood for the individual standing in a contractual relationship to society , nation-statehood and world political power ; while the East , represented by Russia and Asia beyond implied culture , tradition , anti-modernism , barbarity , community and political romanticism . |
| 4 | A total of 553 candidates stood for the 120 seats in the Assembly . |
| 5 | ( This is how the story is recorded in Luke 13:6–9 , where the fig tree stood for the self-righteous people , such as the Pharisees , who made a great show of their religion but produced few results . |
| 6 | As the credits rolled my mother and father , like most filmgoers of that generation , stood for the National Anthem . |
| 7 | In 1964 he stood for the pretty safe ( at the time ) Conservative seat of Glasgow Pollok . |
| 8 | The Leeds manager would never have been given air time on general football matters as he was always perceived as someone who was fronting an organisation that stood for the worst things in football . |
| 9 | But our to avoid that situation I left and went to work with which kept me in the Edinburgh branch and within three or four weeks I stood for the local organizer and had not been successful . |