Example sentences of "to stand for [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Compare the supply of aspirants willing to stand for Parliament with the demands of pa when adopting candidates for local constituencies . |
| 2 | Though making no attempt to stand for Parliament in 1841 , he was again appointed storekeeper of the ordnance in Peel 's second ministry . |
| 3 | ( 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 . |
| 4 | Prime Minister Mouloud Hamrouche , who was to stand for election for the first time , said that the ruling National Liberation Front ( FLN ) might consider entering into a coalition with one of the secular opposition parties , either before or after the election . |
| 5 | For , on the one hand , they dispensed valuable resources : opportunities for lamb-barrel politics were an incentive to people to participate in popular democracy , to stand for election to a committee , even if they doubted its suitability for managing a complex hierarchical organization . |
| 6 | By the 1890s it was the established practice for Nonconformist ministers , along with local clergymen , to stand for election to the Boards . |
| 7 | This had implications both for service delivery and for the recruitment of black staff — not to mention the encouragement of black people to stand for election to the councils . |
| 8 | Anthony Wedgwood-Benn renounced his peerage in order to stand for election to the House of Commons . |
| 9 | An ardent but always non-violent feminist , she campaigned vigorously for women 's rights , fought hard to improve rudimentary state education and medical services , and was one of the first women to stand for election to a borough council after the passing of the Qualification of Women Act in 1907 . |
| 10 | The opposition was further alienated by a clause in a government decree law of Aug. 22 governing the eligibility of candidates representing unregistered political parties , independent organizations and alliances to stand for election to the CCD . |
| 11 | AT THE Scottish Labour women 's conference in Perth last year , one delegate caused hoots of laughter when she described her attempt to stand for election to the district council . |
| 12 | They were , almost without exception , young scions of old notable families of the towns they now represented , persuaded by their families to stand for election in order to maintain the family interest . |
| 13 | Schools in all but a few pockets of the county are expected to find enough people willing to stand for election in September when 1,600 governors are due to be appointed . |
| 14 | Committee Miss J. Brown and Mrs. V. Hawkins have decided not to stand for re-election to the committee . |
| 15 | Committee Miss J. Brown and Mrs. V. Hawkins have decided not to stand for re-election to the committee . |
| 16 | Reluctantly , Johnson accepted their advice , and on 31 March 1968 he made a dramatic appearance on nationwide television to announce a fresh peace initiative , the reduction of bombing raids on North Vietnam , and his decision not to stand for re-election in November . |
| 17 | They also accused Cafiero of seeking to keep himself in office by introducing a clause allowing him to stand for re-election in the 1991 gubernatorial elections . |
| 18 | Before his death his wife Senator Madeleine Z. Bordallo had announced her intention to stand for Governor in the November 1990 elections . |
| 19 | CIMA , an original signatory , reports that in the first year it has ‘ set up an informal network to encourage women to stand for office on the Council ’ . |
| 20 | Commentators suggested that the attempt had had the support of wealthy former politicians , whose ambitions had been foiled by Babangida 's refusal to allow the " old guard " of politicians to stand for office on the return to party politics . |