The phrase "aims to stand" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when expressing an intention or goal to maintain a position or presence in a particular context.
Example: "The organization aims to stand as a leader in environmental sustainability."
Alternatives: "intends to remain" or "seeks to uphold".
Using Carphone's Geek Squad tech support teams, Dixons Carphone aims to stand alongside road rescue groups the AA and RAC as "an emergency service for the connected world", according to Harrison.
It is precisely the task of growing such an alternative that the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition – which aims to stand 100 candidates in this year's general election and 1,000 in the local elections – has set itself.
It aims to stand out, aesthetically, formally, as a foreground building, not another background one: to anchor the urban hodgepodge around it and make the area look more coherent, which in this case entails not echoing its context but redefining it.
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If a BoP project aims to stand on its own two feet like a true business venture, the money that pays for all expenses – be they for consumer research, product prototyping, safety testing, capital equipment, or periodic impact assessments – comes from a business's sales revenues.
All of us, they argue, should eventually aim to stand for half of the standard eight-hour working day.
Mayor of London Boris Johnson is aiming to stand as the MP for Uxbridge and South Ruislip at the 2015 General Election.
Fashion journalists would agree that you can tell a great deal about a person from the way they dress – are they aiming to stand out or blend in?
Some experts see unlimited possibilities for Apulian wines, across the board from the less expensive ones, perhaps best suited to simple trattoria meals, to the top-of-the-line bottlings that aim to stand eventually among Italy's best.
Instead, they aim to stand back nonjudgmentally and observe linkages: "Correlations are powerful not only because they offer insights, but also because the insights they offer are relatively clear.
