Example sentences of "[vb mod] stand for the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The next day I received a visit from Humphrey Atkins , by then our Chief Whip , telling me in enthusiastic and forceful terms that I should stand for the leadership . |
| 2 | Benn joked to Ceauşescu that he should stand for the general-secretaryship of the Labour Party too ! |
| 3 | It was easier for Labour MPs and other party members to move to a new organization than to transfer to another party ; the SDP could stand for the memory of Attlee , Morrison and Gaitskell , and argue that the present-day Labour Party had moved away towards more extreme policies . |
| 4 | The Panama canal was not opened until after the outbreak of war in 1914 , but may stand for the completion of the world sea communications system . |
| 5 | That 's including Chippingfield if you had seen it as we saw it when we came here you would recognise how much work has gone into building the town because I was on the the council then I was asked if I would stand for the council which was then only a parish council there was no urban district council that was n't formed for four or five years afterwards and of course , we had to fight for lights everything that , er that we needed we had to fight for because there was no lighting on Netteswell Road where our children were going to school , and there were little ones . |
| 6 | She came to me one day and asked me if I would stand for the council , which I did . |
| 7 | At this time Klaus announced that he would stand for the post of Czech ( rather than federal ) Prime Minister , a move described by the Independent of June 19 as the " clearest possible sign that the Czechs have finally given up on the federation which they had fought for " . |