Example sentences of "[noun sg] stand for [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before his death his wife Senator Madeleine Z. Bordallo had announced her intention to stand for Governor in the November 1990 elections . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Though making no attempt to stand for Parliament in 1841 , he was again appointed storekeeper of the ordnance in Peel 's second ministry . |
| 4 | When two Whigs and one Tory stood for Hampshire in 1705 , only 201 out of 3,517 freeholders voting split their votes ( 5.7 per cent ) , whilst 724 plumped for the single Tory candidate . |
| 5 | It is suggested that the first unifying theme for 1992 should be ‘ The work of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh ’ , and that work should start on preparing a modular exhibit , parts of which can be convertible to form smaller mobile exhibition stands for erection at other venues . |
| 6 | Another common form of torture at the Compound involves forcing the detainee to stand for hours on one leg , the other being tied to a door handle . |
| 7 | Might this type have been a symbol of the League : Penelope or Electra awaiting their deliverer standing for Hell as ( or Ionia ) in bonds ? |
| 8 | Other requirements are more mundane , and include money in order to provide hymn and song books , instruments and music stands for churches in which such necessities are not taken for granted . |
| 9 | The centre stands for compromise between president and parliament — and compromise no longer seems a solution to their bitter war . |
| 10 | Anthony Wedgwood-Benn renounced his peerage in order to stand for election to the House of Commons . |
| 11 | In 1812 he accepted an invitation to stand for Liverpool at the election with his friend Henry Brougham ( later Baron Brougham and Vaux , q.v . ) . |