Example sentences of "[vb mod] [adv] stand for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In other words , you could n't stand for office in Harlow and say for instance erm if erm if we er win the election we 're gon na stop the sale of council houses . |
| 2 | are things like erm in the area of what you might call citizenship , for example in the er European elections you could erm vote in another European country , you could actually stand for election in another European country . |
| 3 | The speed at which McCarthy gathered support stunned America and had the campuses screaming with delight , especially when , on 31 March , their arch-enemy Lyndon B. Johnson announced he would not stand for re-election . |
| 4 | Whilst the process of jury selection was still under way , Barry made a television address on June 13 in which he announced that he would not stand for re-election for a fourth term in November 1990 , but would serve the remainder of his current four-year term , due to expire on Jan. 2 , 1991 . |
| 5 | He stated that he would not stand for re-election as majority whip in the Senate , nor would he seek re-election to the Senate when his current term expired in 1992 . |
| 6 | That 's one reason children in the United States ca n't vote , they ca n't buy alcohol and ca n't stand for election . |
| 7 | ( vi ) Bankrupts — an undischarged bankrupt can not stand for Parliament . |
| 8 | That as they 've been made redundant , as they 've been victimized for trade union activity possibly , we then as a union decide that they can not stand for office ? |