Example sentences of "stand for office " in BNC.
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| 1 | CIMA , an original signatory , reports that in the first year it has ‘ set up an informal network to encourage women to stand for office on the Council ’ . |
| 2 | Commentators suggested that the attempt had had the support of wealthy former politicians , whose ambitions had been foiled by Babangida 's refusal to allow the " old guard " of politicians to stand for office on the return to party politics . |
| 3 | I am very glad that all three of these people are willing to stand for office again . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 ? |
| 6 | When elections were held in Maine to elect the state 's senators in 1978 , Hayes E Gahagan stood for office on a strong right-wing , no nonsense ticket : abortion , women 's rights and similarly liberal measures found little sympathy in his campaign . |