Example sentences of "[is] stand for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | principal female character in Shakespeare 's Hamlet ; her distraction comparable with Mrs Veneering 's on hearing that her husband is to stand for Parliament . |
| 2 | In Hereford and Worcestershire , Conservatives control education decisions , but only by the casting vote of the chairman , and HE 'S standing for re-election as an independent in the county elections , because he 's unhappy about |
| 3 | Mr Noir , Mrs Barzach and a third rebel RPR deputy , Jean-Michel Dubernard ( who is standing for re-election against Mr Noir 's son-in-law in Lyons ) , claim they have no desire to form a new party , despite their launch this week of a glossy 35-page ‘ Contract for a New Democracy ’ , which bears all the hallmarks of a party manifesto . |
| 4 | A similar letter ( from the Chairman ) should also be sent to anyone who , in future , is standing for election to the Executive . |
| 5 | The name of the candidate who is standing for election , and the name of his replacement , who will replace him if he becomes ineligible to be a Member of Parliament . |
| 6 | Alton 's Tony Barron will represent the Liberal Democrats ; and trade unionist Peter Jenks is standing for Labour . |
| 7 | Darlington Labour candidate Alan Milburn was at the Edinburgh Drive school last week to give his support to Juliet Baker , 15 , who is standing for Labour . |
| 8 | One is known as the G A B A , A receptor , where G A B A is standing for gamma amino butyric acid , this is the G A B A receptor . |
| 9 | It is only because Bryan Gould is standing for leader that the soft left of the Labour Party has found a voice . |