Example sentences of "[not/n't] stand for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The speed at which McCarthy gathered support stunned America and had the campuses screaming with delight , especially when , on 31 March , their arch-enemy Lyndon B. Johnson announced he would not stand for re-election . |
| 2 | He replaces Berndt Schultz , the Fair 's founder , who did not stand for re-election . |
| 3 | European leaders who had feared since Korea that America 's relentless anti-Communism would end in disaster gave Johnson little support and he did not stand for re-election in 1968 . |
| 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 . |
| 6 | However , she did not stand for re-election in 1979 . |
| 7 | He stated that he would not stand for re-election as majority whip in the Senate , nor would he seek re-election to the Senate when his current term expired in 1992 . |
| 8 | Kokoomus , led by the outgoing Prime Minister , Harri Holkeri ( who did not stand for re-election ) , lost 3.8 per cent and 13 of its 53 seats . |
| 9 | ( vi ) Bankrupts — an undischarged bankrupt can not stand for Parliament . |
| 10 | That as they 've been made redundant , as they 've been victimized for trade union activity possibly , we then as a union decide that they can not stand for office ? |
| 11 | That 's one reason children in the United States ca n't vote , they ca n't buy alcohol and ca n't stand for election . |
| 12 | In other words , you could n't stand for office in Harlow and say for instance erm if erm if we er win the election we 're gon na stop the sale of council houses . |