Example sentences of "[adv] [be] stand for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After thanking the committee for their work during the year , Mr. King announced that John Edelsten , John Sayer and Eddie Bryant would not be standing for re-election . |
| 2 | A TORY county councillor will not be standing for re-election next month because he fears his business affairs could lead to his disqualification from office . |
| 3 | President Francesco Cossiga , 63 , who had been elected in July 1985 , had made it clear that he would not be standing for re-election . |
| 4 | After the North Vietnamese revealed that they were able to sustain erm a w er their war in er erm the south it seemed regardless of what , what the United States could do to them , er after they 'd revealed this in the Tet offensive of nineteen sixty eight , then President Johnson announced he would not be standing for re-election , and that was a significant admission of political defeat and if you remember , well you probably wo n't remember but you certainly should 've read about it , President Nixon was returned with a , a majority er er on the platform of ending the Vietnam war . |
| 5 | After the North Vietnamese revealed that they were able to sustain erm a w er their war in er erm the south it seemed regardless of what , what the United States could do to them , er after they 'd revealed this in the Tet offensive of nineteen sixty eight , then President Johnson announced he would not be standing for re-election , and that was a significant admission of political defeat and if you remember , well you probably wo n't remember but you certainly should 've read about it , President Nixon was returned with a , a majority er er on the platform of ending the Vietnam war . |
| 6 | Mr Knight said in a statement he would now be standing for re-election to Essex County Council as a Community Representative . |