Example sentences of "[subord] standing for " in BNC.
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| 1 | John discloses that there were also practical problems about adding to the family while standing for Parliament . |
| 2 | When standing for any length of time , remember that a wide base is more stable than a small one . |
| 3 | For once there was no one you wished to see less of , even when standing for six hours . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | But resemblance can not explain how a thinker could experience one object as standing for another ; for how could the fact that a particular datum is similar to other things mean anything to a thinker unless he experienced it as being like many others — that is , unless he grasped it , not just as a particular but as an instance of a kind ? |
| 6 | In this way F must soon be interpreted as standing for ‘ Fail ’ . |
| 7 | By that I mean that I see the New English Art Club as standing for a cultured , civilised , very English approach to art — a kind of visual stability . |
| 8 | They perceive it as standing for the interest of society as a whole , and are constrained by this ideological view to tolerate its infringements of their sectarian interests , providing that these are not too severe . |
| 9 | A certain sort of modern naturalism takes ethical expressions as standing for various natural or empirical features of the real world . |
| 10 | Wedding rituals in either case are a classic example of how the statements made by participants in a particular context should not be taken literally or at face value but must be interpreted as standing for something else , rich in ambiguity and figures of speech . |
| 11 | We encountered this view at the beginning of this book , in the dialogues of Plato , where we found talk of ‘ the ascent to see the things in the upper world [ which ] you may take as standing for the upward journey into the region of the intelligible ’ . |
| 12 | The party chairman , Godfrey M'Mwereria , an environmentalist and former lecturer at Kenyatta University , said he would contest the forthcoming presidential elections , as well as standing for the parliamentary seat of Tigania in Meru district . |
| 13 | The two lions , as well as standing for strength and power , signified the Gemini twins , while the unicorn with a golden arrow for a horn symbolised the Sagittarian archer and happiness . ’ |