Example sentences of "stand for the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Radford is standing for the chairmanship of the British Athletic Federation at its annual meeting of clubs in Birmingham on 20 March . |
| 32 | FOUR people are standing for the chairmanship of the Scottish Liberal Democrats . |
| 33 | There are several rival Opinion Poll candidates , standing for the principle of opinion polls themselves as the most truly democratic form of government , with the prospect of a permanent general election . |
| 34 | They are standing for the rest of the afternoon . |
| 35 | Adjusting to middle-age is its other main concern , with Marrakech ( perceived by Walter entirely through the lush vagueness of travel-brochure prose ) standing for the life of exotic , unfettered opportunity that becomes increasingly unattainable . |
| 36 | For instance ( using the familiar Venn diagrams ) it will be said that the underlined phrase of ( 11 ) ( which is , incidentally , a zoologically correct statement ) owes its restrictive quality to the fact that there is an intersection between circle a , standing for the class of piranhas , and circle b , standing for the class of vegetarian creatures , and this intersection represents the beings denoted by the subject of the sentence : ( 11 ) vegetarian piranhas can be found in the Amazon ( 12 ) However , such implications are incorrect ; it is by no means necessarily true that the property instantiated by a restrictive adjective is to be ascribed to the entity qualified . |
| 37 | For instance ( using the familiar Venn diagrams ) it will be said that the underlined phrase of ( 11 ) ( which is , incidentally , a zoologically correct statement ) owes its restrictive quality to the fact that there is an intersection between circle a , standing for the class of piranhas , and circle b , standing for the class of vegetarian creatures , and this intersection represents the beings denoted by the subject of the sentence : ( 11 ) vegetarian piranhas can be found in the Amazon ( 12 ) However , such implications are incorrect ; it is by no means necessarily true that the property instantiated by a restrictive adjective is to be ascribed to the entity qualified . |
| 38 | They perceive it as standing for the interest of society as a whole , and are constrained by this ideological view to tolerate its infringements of their sectarian interests , providing that these are not too severe . |
| 39 | The Conservative Party has always stood for the protection of the citizen and the defence of the rule of law . |
| 40 | Saúl Ubaldini , secretary-general of the CGT and leader of the Azopardo wing , had opposed the austerity policies of President Carlos Saúl Menem , and had stood for the Congress in September 1991 but was heavily defeated [ see p. 38434 ] . |
| 41 | He also claimed his party would ‘ kick-start ’ the Mike Potter , who stood for the SDP in the 1989 Richmond by-election , said he would n't be standing in the forthcoming general Labour 's Tony Blair , Tory Michael Fallon and Lib Dem 's Alan Beith clashed in a live TV debate over the NHS . |
| 42 | When Sir Alec lost the 1964 election their hour arrived , and all but Macleod stood for the leadership under a new system of open elections within the party . |
| 43 | Told to an outsider , the history of a lineage stood for the history of the tribe . |
| 44 | It stood for the whole of Hoggatt 's Lab . |
| 45 | Although only twenty-two houses were represented the syndicat recognised that it stood for the rights of some sixty Champagne houses , virtually the entire trade at the time . |
| 46 | When er I stood for the election of the national organizers for the East of Scotland and I was successful there and I left the Edinburgh branch in May nineteen sixty six to start work with the head office in nine May nineteen sixty six . |
| 47 | Its citizens presumably believed that their interests would be better served if Henry won , for he stood for the preservation of a single sovereign authority ruling in Poitou , England and Normandy , in other words over both ends of La Rochelle 's trade , over wine-growers and wine-drinkers . |
| 48 | ‘ Personal self-denial for the good of others was the first important lesson Annie learned , ’ says Taylor , ‘ and it was a principle by which she stood for the rest of her life . ’ |
| 49 | And there Anne stood for the rest of the day , a lonely little girl with a small white angry face . |
| 50 | Harry stood for the Isle of Man parliament in November officially Independent , ideologically Conservative . |
| 51 | He declined , although a member of GEMA , and stood for the post of national chairman . |
| 52 | But Gloucester also insisted throughout that he stood for the continuance of Edward IV 's regime , an emphasis which inevitably played down the political significance of the ‘ outs ’ . |
| 53 | But Gloucester also insisted throughout that he stood for the continuance of Edward IV 's regime , an emphasis which inevitably played down the political significance of the ‘ outs ’ . |