Example sentences of "not stand for [noun] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 ( 8 ) Where the prospective parliamentary candidate has been selected and subsequently intimates his or her intention not to stand for parliament in the constituency as the Labour Party candidate at the next election , the procedure set out in section ( 3 ) of this clause shall ( subject to section ( 4 ) of this clause ) be forthwith set in motion again .
2 Committee Miss J. Brown and Mrs. V. Hawkins have decided not to stand for re-election to the committee .
3 Committee Miss J. Brown and Mrs. V. Hawkins have decided not to stand for re-election to the committee .
4 He did not stand for re-election to the Parliament of 1780 ; but he was elected for Ripon in 1787 , and became a commissioner of the Board of Trade in 1788 .
5 Whilst the process of jury selection was still under way , Barry made a television address on June 13 in which he announced that he would not stand for re-election for a fourth term in November 1990 , but would serve the remainder of his current four-year term , due to expire on Jan. 2 , 1991 .
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