Example sentences of "stand for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Depending on its strength and the time required for it to reach maturity , a beer must stand for 12 to 48 hours before it can be drunk . |
| 2 | ’ . 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 … |
| 3 | Providing his French colleagues agree , which is akin to the BBC agreeing to retain Dan Maskell , he will stand for another four year term as President of the French Federation , which will take him through to early 1997 . |
| 4 | The Labour Party Conference : Scargill may stand for Barnsley seat |
| 5 | 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 ? |
| 6 | He wanted them to gather last Friday and be absented from their weekend round of Championship matches , but even Albert Ferrasse , the autocratic French Federation president , would not stand for that . |
| 7 | The project proved impolitic : the public would not stand for it , so the Government discarded or diluted ideology to avoid unpopularity . |
| 8 | powerful local managers may not stand for centralised decision making . |
| 9 | David Coleman has unwittingly given his name to this tradition of sporting gaffe published mercilessly in Private Eye , of which Murray Walker 's ‘ this car is absolutely unique , except for the one behind , which is identical ’ must stand for the many . |
| 10 | ‘ If you 're looking for something really new , like pen-based computers or multi-media , Compaq does n't stand for that , ’ says Stewart Alsop , editor of PC Letter , a trade journal . |
| 11 | Never , say the sceptics : the man does not stand for anything . |
| 12 | The idea of a particular line can be ‘ made to represent or stand for all other particular lines of the same sort ’ . |
| 13 | Since numerals do not stand for ‘ numbers in abstract ’ but for ‘ particular things numbered ’ , the misguided interest in the properties of such abstractions has really been a trifling concern with mere language or formalism . |
| 14 | It was the first time two West Indian batsmen had made a century stand for the sixth wicket in each innings of a Test and it took the game right away from England ; when the last wicket fell , Logie was left unbeaten on 95 , the score was 397 , and England had to survive for the best part of two days . |
| 15 | ‘ Overseas Governments and local nationals just wo n't stand for it , particularly when they get to know what 's going on . |
| 16 | He would n't stand for ever doing nothing . |
| 17 | ‘ What does it stand for ? |
| 18 | In Europe , said Mr Smith , Labour must stand for a positive partnership and active participation in the Community as the best means to secure the most benefit for Britain . |
| 19 | ‘ What Does Hinkley ‘ C ’ Stand For ? ’ one handout asked . |
| 20 | The speed at which McCarthy gathered support stunned America and had the campuses screaming with delight , especially when , on 31 March , their arch-enemy Lyndon B. Johnson announced he would not stand for re-election . |
| 21 | In the post-war period and until the 1970s the content of Marshall 's citizenship — which has been called a ‘ citizenship of entitlement ’ — expanded in various ways : the political element in the form of the right to vote and stand for election grew to include participation in the political process through a proliferation of pressure groups ; the civil element was enhanced through anti-discrimination legislation , and the UK 's signature of the European Convention on Human Rights . |
| 22 | John Hume , addressing the protesters , stressed that ‘ we are a peaceful and dignified people , but … we are a determined people and we will stand for these social , economic and political injustices no longer ’ . |
| 23 | And I think his comment should stand for what it is . |
| 24 | I know one who would n't stand for it ; she 'd walk out . |
| 25 | They wo n't stand for it . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Burke Trend would never stand for that , it would undermine his power ’ , said Dick . |
| 27 | He could stand for a second four-year term . |
| 28 | ‘ I would n't stand for it If I were you , ’ Peggy was saying indignantly . |
| 29 | In which year did Enoch Powell stand for the leadership of the Conservative Party ? |
| 30 | ( vi ) Bankrupts — an undischarged bankrupt can not stand for Parliament . |