Sentence examples for only stood for from inspiring English sources

Lula and his party not only stood for social reform but claimed, from their experience in local administration, a monopoly on clean government in Brazil.

It not only stood for the idea that reading ought to be taught by phonics; it also stood for the idea that language skills — and many other subjects — ought to be taught through illustrated storybooks, rather than primers and textbooks.

It not only stood for the idea that reading ought to be taught by phonics; it also stood for the idea that language skills and many other subjects—ought to be taught through illustrated storybooks, rather than primers and textbooks".

He would only stand for one term.

Names are difficult because they only stand for one thing: a person.

"People say IDP really only stands for 'internally displaced Pashtun'," he said.

"As far as I am concerned," he thundered during a televised speech in February, "LGBT can only stand for leprosy, gonorrhoea, bacteria and tuberculosis".

"As far as I am concerned, LGBT can only stand for Leprosy, Gonorrhoea, Bacteria and Tuberculosis; all of which are detrimental to human existence," he said.

Their analysis is that crises like this are inevitable because parties only stand for election on one side of the linguistic frontier.

Even British audiences, who used to insist that they "only stand for the Queen," have been seen leaping to their feet on the West End like junior high school drama students on a class trip to "Cats".

Note that this radius only stands for geographical positions in the network.