Example sentences of "stands for " in BNC.
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| 1 | W.H.M. stands for Wife Has Means … |
| 2 | At first sight this might not seem to be a serious problem ; one thing stands for others if it is used or taken as representing them . |
| 3 | The correct volume for question one was 0.31026m3 , and yes three different volumes were possible for question two , though the answer , 0.34047m3 stands for question three . |
| 4 | We recognize a sign as a set of letters on a page , or an intelligible series of sounds , or an iconic device , and in the same perception we grasp what it stands for : signifier and signified together make up the sign . |
| 5 | If this suggests that there are other sorts of English people than the sort Auden has in his sights , on the other hand it lends point and force to his censure of Beerbohm , and of what Beerbohm stands for in English life . |
| 6 | By the end of this week we shall know what the Labour Party no longer stands for , such as unilateral nuclear disarmament and full-scale nationalisation ; but what , in essence , does it stand for ? |
| 7 | In Estonian , the acronym stands for Ise-Majandav Eesti : ‘ an economically independent Estonia ’ . |
| 8 | ‘ She stands for so much . |
| 9 | The action takes place thousands of miles from ‘ the perennial roar of London ’ , but the reader remains very much aware of London and the civilization it stands for as moral standards crumble ; ‘ savage ’ and ‘ white man ’ become confused until the conduct of the whites , intent on mutual destruction , seems worse than that of ‘ these poor souls — and even Sally Day , the child of cannibals , in all likelihood a cannibal himself — so faithful to what they knew of good ’ . |
| 10 | Everyone stands for the general salute — they may be civilian guests , but they have studied the programme avidly and have learnt what to do . |
| 11 | The Army is full of initials : ISAAC stands for Infantry Skill At Arms Camp . |
| 12 | The Government 's repugnance for that organisation and everything it stands for has been made absolutely clear on repeated occasions . |
| 13 | However , the machine has a basic memory of only 128K , a not-very-standard keyboard and screen , no disk drive , and an operating system called DOS , which stands for DIP Operating System , after the machine 's British designers . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | in A.T.Mays stands for ‘ All Travel ’ |
| 16 | It is what he stands for that they do n't like . |
| 17 | The Eritrean People 's Liberation Front stands for secession ( following a referendum ) of its own relatively developed region . |
| 18 | Ann stands for all the women of common-sense , warm affection , and practical piety that Edward repeatedly attempted to sketch realistically or to record in dream-like settings in his essays and sketches . |
| 19 | As ‘ sacrament ’ it stands for the sacrifice of the cross through which we were brought near to God . |
| 20 | At the mere mention of a coat , she sits , eyes closed , nose pointing upwards to have it slipped on , then stands for the belt to be fastened . |
| 21 | Thus , for example , the Labour Party in Britain supposedly stands for the redistribution of wealth , the maintenance of a national health and social security system , considerable government intervention in the economy and so on . |
| 22 | Again he said , in an argument strangely reminiscent of Erastus , Richard Hooker and Matthew Arnold , that ‘ the State is more sacred than any Church … for the State stands for the whole people in their manifold collective life ; and any Church is but a fragment of that life , though one of the most important fragments ’ . |
| 23 | He gives the obvious explanation that Shakespeare has read Ovid on Salmacis , and spices it with the assurance that Adonis stands for the Earl of Southampton , whom he keeps calling Wriothesley . |
| 24 | The voters , it is said , ‘ do not know who he is or what he stands for ’ . |
| 25 | But those who believe in the monarchy like to think it stands for stability and good example . |
| 26 | That 's what Conservatism stands for . |
| 27 | With Socialism everywhere in rout or retreat , it is unclear what the Labour Party stands for . |
| 28 | If this is what the Common European Home stands for , so enthusiastically embraced by the Germans on the occasion of Gorbachev 's visit to Bonn in June 1989 , then it is difficult to think of a more decisive rejection of the values of the Atlantic alliance . |
| 29 | Madam , Nearly two million of us belong to the National Trust because we believe in what it stands for , and because it offers us superb value for our annual subscription . |
| 30 | The revolutionary democracy of Russia stands for the indivisibility of the State . |