Example sentences of "[subord] he stand for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Recognizing Soares 's popularity , the PSD had decided in April 1990 not to field its own candidate if he stood for re-election . |
| 2 | When tonight those Tory MPs have all voted for the Prime Minister 's motion — for different and often conflicting reasons — the Prime Minister will claim that his motion has given him a mandate for Maastricht , when he stands for nothing at all . |
| 3 | When he stood for Parliament numbers of poor people crowded round the hustings demanding the payment of outstanding bills . |
| 4 | For instance , when he stood for re-election in 1965 , his campaign was run by the " Association Nationale Pour le Soutien de l'Action du Général de Gaulle " , not by the UNR . |
| 5 | 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 . |