Example sentences of "stood as a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Controversial priest Fr Pat Buckley was also among the losers , losing his seat to another independent , Robert Lindsay Mason , who stood as a 1990s candidate , advocating more rave parties for young people . |
| 2 | In 1880 he had had a political fling and stood as a Liberal candidate for the City of London in favour of disestablishment , temperance legislation , social and political reform . |
| 3 | He was Hampshire 's coach in 1939 and stood as a first-class umpire in 1949 , the year before his death . |
| 4 | Mr Clark , who stood as a parliamentary candidate in Motherwell North at the last election , added : ‘ I very much welcome the council group decision to demonstrate its confidence in Alex Salmond . ’ |
| 5 | ' Another worker , who stood as a Conservative councillor , said she had encountered Mr Lawson at a reception last year and had been asked by the Chancellor why she had lost . |
| 6 | In 1981 he was chairman of the Computer Retailers ' Association , and he stood as a local government candidate for Rother Valley in the 1987 General Election . |