Example sentences of "stand [adv] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One reason there is so little change in most traditional bureaucratic organizations , I argue , is that they have conditioned out of people the willingness to stand up for a new idea . |
| 2 | And Runcorn striker Steve Shaughnessy stands by for a possible call-up into the F.A . |
| 3 | You sit there , then you get up and you walk to one end of your cell , which is n't very far , stand there for a little while , then you walk back , look out the window , and all the thoughts go through your mind — I could be out there , your children , friends , what you 'd be doing if you was out there . |
| 4 | Stand by for a revealing insight into your childhood or upbringing . |
| 5 | STAND by for a Tartan invasion in the Irish League next season ! |
| 6 | STAND by for a new moral crusade against single mothers . |
| 7 | So stand by for a new trade war , as America is accused of dumping subsidised security services on world markets ? |
| 8 | Stand by for a special edition , four hours early , of News at Ten presented by John Kane . |
| 9 | One admires the results as one might standing back for a painted landscape , yet I miss the sensation of really ‘ being there ’ . |
| 10 | Both the Congress Party and India 's constitution have kept the rivalry in check by standing firmly for a secular India in which the state is impartial between religions . |
| 11 | Martha stood patiently for a long time while her mother tried one dress after another on her , hoping to find a colour that made her skin seem paler and a cut that disguised her skeletal proportions . |
| 12 | She stood there for a long time , thinking the whole thing out . |