Example sentences of "[be] standing for the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her intervention — after dismissing reports at the weekend that she would be standing for the deputy leadership — will be seen as an attempt to block Mr Gould 's bid for the post . |
| 2 | They are standing for the rest of the afternoon . |
| 3 | FOUR people are standing for the chairmanship of the Scottish Liberal Democrats . |
| 4 | Radford is standing for the chairmanship of the British Athletic Federation at its annual meeting of clubs in Birmingham on 20 March . |
| 5 | The other two Tribunites are Clare Short — who won a strong vote last year — and Harriet Harman , health spokesperson , who is standing for the Shadow Cabinet for the first time . |