Example sentences of "to stand for parliament " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was asked to stand for parliament , but declined , having no particular relish for party-politics ; he was too large-hearted a man for that . |
| 2 | principal female character in Shakespeare 's Hamlet ; her distraction comparable with Mrs Veneering 's on hearing that her husband is to stand for Parliament . |
| 3 | She joined the Labour party in 1918 and was asked to stand for Parliament ; she refused , feeling that she could accomplish more through journalism . |
| 4 | Although women over thirty gained the vote in 1918 , there was some doubt as to whether women were eligible to stand for Parliament . |
| 5 | Though making no attempt to stand for Parliament in 1841 , he was again appointed storekeeper of the ordnance in Peel 's second ministry . |
| 6 | Indeed , Eleanor Rathbone condemned what she viewed as the selfishness of middle class women who , having got ‘ all they wanted for themselves out of the women 's movement when it gave them the vote , the right to stand for Parliament and the local authorities , and to enter the learned professions ’ , then sat back . |
| 7 | Compare the supply of aspirants willing to stand for Parliament with the demands of pa when adopting candidates for local constituencies . |
| 8 | ‘ Well , my dear , ’ he said , pressing his knees against Amaranth 's , ‘ so it 's your intention to stand for Parliament ? ’ |
| 9 | Arnold was of Tom Arnold 's circus , and his post as the vice-chairman of the party in charge of candidates made him a target of all those who were eager to stand for Parliament . |
| 10 | ( 8 ) Where the prospective parliamentary candidate has been selected and subsequently intimates his or her intention not to stand for parliament in the constituency as the Labour Party candidate at the next election , the procedure set out in section ( 3 ) of this clause shall ( subject to section ( 4 ) of this clause ) be forthwith set in motion again . |
| 11 | THE only Football Supporters candidate ever to stand for Parliament has issued his touchline manifesto to the North-East 's election candidates . |