The part of a sentence "stand for independence" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to express that someone or something is advocating for or supporting political independence. For example: "The citizens are determined to stand for independence in the upcoming referendum."
Mostly, though, they say she has explicitly fashioned herself as a liberal — a notion that she vehemently denies, repeatedly promising at campaign events to stand for independence and impartiality.
On its Web site, IKEA bills the stitchting structure as a means of creating "an ownership structure and an organization that stand for independence and a long-term approach," but the move minimized IKEA's tax burden, and the financial oversight to which the company is subjected.
For me, then and now, the American flag symbolizes some of humanity's highest aspirations: a stand for independence, and a stand against oppressive regimes that deny freedom.
When the indaba ended on 26 October, the chiefs and headmen returned a unanimous decision to support the government's stand for independence under the 1961 constitution, attesting in their report that "people who live far away do not understand the problems of our country".
The white star in the triangle stood for independence.
"If the Viet Minh stood for independence and against French repression, its core leadership that summer also remained staunchly Communist.
Mr Landry's Parti Quebecois stands for independence, or some sort of new European Union-like arrangement with Canada.
The political party there which stands for independence is the Tanganyika African National Union, headed by Mr. Julius Nyerere.
The "i" in its title stands for independence and innovation, says Harris, who worked closely with architects David Marks and Julia Barfield on the Eye and the i.
When a request comes in to produce a report in 1 week on this issue, I said, this academy, which stands for independence, has to use evidence and produce a credible report.
"They want to spend the next two or three years creating resentment on both sides of the border," he told BBC Radio 4's World At One. "It is quite extraordinary that the party which stands for independence for Scotland won't take yes for an answer from David Cameron when he says the Scottish people can decide".
