Example sentences of "stand for [noun] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 're going overland by motorbike ; it 's all in aid of SNAP the charity that stands for Support for the Sick Newborn and their Parents at the John Radcliffe Hospital . |
| 2 | He stressed that his government " stands for co-operation with the West and will encourage foreigners to own up to 100 per cent of businesses " . |
| 3 | Both restrictive and non-restrictive adjectives in sentences such as ( 3 ) are alike in that they instantiate the P in : ( 6 ) [ P E ] The difference between the two possibilities is solely that , in cases of non-restriction , the speaker is aware that the identification carried out by the noun phrase as a whole is the same as it would be if the adjective ( limiting ourselves to adjectival instances ) were not present ; in essence , we have the situation as in ( 7 ) ( where the sign =i obviously stands for equality on the parameter of identification , and not for the intensional relation of equation ) : ( 7 ) In practice , the situation is almost always somewhat more complicated in English , because there will nearly always be a determiner ; thus the non-restrictive status of the adjective in the subject phrase of ( 8 ) can be represented by the formula ( 9 ) , with Pb as the adjectival property and Pc as the property inherent in the noun ( while Pa represents the word this ) : ( 8 ) this Christian Pope committed most unchristian acts ( 9 ) Nevertheless , the presence of other elements in a noun phrase beside the non-restrictive adjective and the noun itself in no way alters the principle involved . |
| 4 | Compare the supply of aspirants willing to stand for Parliament with the demands of pa when adopting candidates for local constituencies . |
| 5 | ( 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 . |
| 6 | Prime Minister Mouloud Hamrouche , who was to stand for election for the first time , said that the ruling National Liberation Front ( FLN ) might consider entering into a coalition with one of the secular opposition parties , either before or after the election . |
| 7 | For , on the one hand , they dispensed valuable resources : opportunities for lamb-barrel politics were an incentive to people to participate in popular democracy , to stand for election to a committee , even if they doubted its suitability for managing a complex hierarchical organization . |
| 8 | An ardent but always non-violent feminist , she campaigned vigorously for women 's rights , fought hard to improve rudimentary state education and medical services , and was one of the first women to stand for election to a borough council after the passing of the Qualification of Women Act in 1907 . |
| 9 | By the 1890s it was the established practice for Nonconformist ministers , along with local clergymen , to stand for election to the Boards . |
| 10 | This had implications both for service delivery and for the recruitment of black staff — not to mention the encouragement of black people to stand for election to the councils . |
| 11 | Anthony Wedgwood-Benn renounced his peerage in order to stand for election to the House of Commons . |
| 12 | The opposition was further alienated by a clause in a government decree law of Aug. 22 governing the eligibility of candidates representing unregistered political parties , independent organizations and alliances to stand for election to the CCD . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | We used to stand for hours beside the railway line or leaning over a bridge waiting for the next one to come rushing past , and we would write down the numbers of the engines and also their names ( King George V , Dunraven Castle ) . |
| 15 | Committee Miss J. Brown and Mrs. V. Hawkins have decided not to stand for re-election to the committee . |
| 16 | Committee Miss J. Brown and Mrs. V. Hawkins have decided not to stand for re-election to the committee . |
| 17 | They also accused Cafiero of seeking to keep himself in office by introducing a clause allowing him to stand for re-election in the 1991 gubernatorial elections . |
| 18 | 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 . ) . |
| 19 | Before his death his wife Senator Madeleine Z. Bordallo had announced her intention to stand for Governor in the November 1990 elections . |
| 20 | 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 ’ . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | We stand for freedom of the individual . |
| 23 | And again : stand for election to the governing body of a Compact school . |
| 24 | erm One of the reasons is that , unlike the British situation , you do n't have to resign if you stand for election as a Member of Parliament in France . |
| 25 | Purified Dcm enzyme ( wild-type or Cys177Ser mutant ) was incubated with various oligonucleotide hybrids as indicated ( asterisks stand for presence of a [ 32 P ] 5'-endlabel ) . |
| 26 | Geneva , Switzerland : Courtaulds Fibres Cellulosics is planning its biggest and best stand for years at the Index exhibition from April 20–23 , showing both viscose and Tencel . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | At a rally in Madrid 's main bullring to celebrate the Spanish Socialist Workers ' Party ( PSOE ) 's 10 years in power , Prime Minister Felipe González Márquez confirmed on Oct. 25 that he would stand for re-election for a fourth term . |
| 29 | He did not stand for re-election to the Parliament of 1780 ; but he was elected for Ripon in 1787 , and became a commissioner of the Board of Trade in 1788 . |
| 30 | The move follows the party 's constant refusal to let him stand for re-election as a Labour county councillor for Harwich , a decision which led to Mr Knight 's resignation from public life . |