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I stand for just a drizzle of olive oil across the top of the sandwich, or a light coating of the transcendent caper vinaigrette.
The only possible object of beatitude is the Party, or what the Party may be supposed to stand for.
The thumb and index finger of the right hand stand for wisdom and method combined.
The clubhouse has a bar with a large TV screen, changing rooms with hot showers, and the stand for spectators is comfortable.
The case itself does not stand for some principle that you must get exemplary damages where land is trespassed upon.
The problem is what both of you stand for in the eyes of the vast majority of veterans.
In fact, more to the point, why stand for election to something you only want to destroy?
County councillors are members of the public who stand for election to serve the people of Essex.
If you are aged between 11 and 18 and go to school in Sutton, you can stand for election.
Eligibility to stand for election to the Council is determined by the Council of Guardians.
People living in the community served by the hospital are able to become members and stand for election for the board of governors of the trust.
The crescendo and decrescendos of Zacks' third track, to me, stand for the successes and failures of existence.
Those kids worked to get where they are, remember, and modern educational theory won't stand for that sort of upstart presumption.
Even many of the women themselves don't have the confidence to stand for preselection.
He is a frustrated writer stuck in a dead-end job working with people he can barely stand for an uncle he can barely stomach.
Doherty fronts the Babyshambles, who he says won't stand for it if he slides back into drug abuse.
Put the chocolate into a blender and pour on the hot milk and cream and leave to stand for one minute.
The university, in spite of the politicization of the trustees, has to stand for the freedom to pursue the truth wherever it may lead.
He then dissolved the glassy residue in dilute hydrochloric acid, boiled it, and left it to stand for several days in a corked flask.
They stand for internationality, innovative power, expertise and an exacting, almost perfectionist, quality standard.
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Examples from Classical Literature
So the words of the speakers in the play, stand for more than the speakers mean.
Do not use mixtures which have been leftover and allowed to stand for some time.
Furthermore, I said I would not stand for the discharge of any man for incompetency.
They stand for inhibitions which are expressed in feelings that are wholly unproductive.
Place on a platter and brush with salad oil and let stand for one-half hour.
So ugly the time'll come you can't stand for 'em any more than you can stand for the dozy life around here now.
I'm compelled to stand for all this for the simple crime of not lauding the old man.
I've stood your slurs ever since I got here, but I'll be jobeefed if I'll stand for your swiping my property.
On allowing the liquid to stand for some time a bright yellow precipitate of thallous iodide separates out.
The transcendental ego seems nowadays in rationalist quarters to stand for everything, in empiricist quarters for almost nothing.
There is then added a few drops of a dilute solution of baric chloride, and the solution is allowed to stand for some hours.
Like the Ford engine, it will stand for a good many pounds of excess baggage and still do good work.
Many who would turn away in disgust from Mr. Punch, will stand for hours and look at the performances of the fantoccini.
It wouldn't stand for me, but it would be too well-bred to stand against me.
It may stand for two distinct attitudes of mind, one of them obstructive and the other not.
The washings of the flour are allowed to stand for some time in a conical-shaped vessel.
The curtain is your background, while the footlights may stand for the surface of your wood.
The frump now was to be worked off on me, and I was expected to stand for it.
Name and word recall more quickly, reliably, and energetically the objects they stand for than do the objects their symbols.
The great exception curnow in Cornwall may stand for those who could only speak the old Cornish language.
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