Example sentences of "stand down [prep] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sir Peter , stands down at BP in spring next year . |
| 2 | Roy Hattersley is to stand down with Mr Kinnock . |
| 3 | Peter Swales : ‘ waiting for the right offer ’ to stand down at Maine Road |
| 4 | Mrs Grant has decided to stand down from HIE , where she has been on the board since its inception two years ago , because of increasing work commitments . |
| 5 | Amongst those who did not do duty in this year 's championship are Phil Davies ( standing down as Llanelli skipper after a highly successful five year run ; reverting to the second row and declaring his intention to challenge for a place in the Lions party in that position — remember the trouble he gave Paul Ackford when Wales last beat England in 1989 ) ; David Bryant ( controversially appointed a youthful pack leader in his first season in international rugby under the John Ryan regime , now recovered from a debilitating period of illness ) ; Andy Allen ( the front jumper was capped out of Newbridge in 1990 , subsequently becoming yet another moving down the valley to Newport ) ; Aled Williams ( one cap as a replacement wing in Namibia in 1990 , when a Bridgend player , but increasingly favoured by many to join Robert Jones in forming a club halfback partnership ) . |
| 6 | In the midst of the continuing public disorder which had accompanied demands for his resignation in recent weeks , President Gnassingbe Eyadema stood down on May 14 from the post of Defence Minister which he had held since seizing power in 1967 . |
| 7 | The leader of the South Tyrol People 's Party ( SVP ) , Roland Riz , stood down on Nov. 21 and was replaced by Siegfried Brugger . |
| 8 | The widely tipped favourite is Mr Peter Brooke , who stood down as Northern Ireland Secretary in the post-election Cabinet reshuffle . |
| 9 | Under United States pressure following the murder of three US nuns by the security forces , the junta appointed Duarte as President in December 1980 [ see p. 30685 ] ; he stood down in April 1982 when an interim administration succeeded the civilian-military junta . |