Example sentences of "stand for [noun] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the 1890s it was the established practice for Nonconformist ministers , along with local clergymen , to stand for election to the Boards . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Anthony Wedgwood-Benn renounced his peerage in order to stand for election to the House of Commons . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Committee Miss J. Brown and Mrs. V. Hawkins have decided not to stand for re-election to the committee . |
| 7 | Committee Miss J. Brown and Mrs. V. Hawkins have decided not to stand for re-election to the committee . |
| 8 | And again : stand for election to the governing body of a Compact school . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Wylie 's desire to maintain a more traditional notion of religion as a matter of truth and falsity ( where those with the truth have an obligation publicly to denounce falsity ) brought him into conflict with the state and he responded to that challenge by standing for election to the council . |
| 11 | ‘ That was a reverse of the journey we made so many times to council planning meetings , ’ said Steve Clarke , chairman of the Supporters ' Club and standing for election to the board . |
| 12 | A similar letter ( from the Chairman ) should also be sent to anyone who , in future , is standing for election to the Executive . |
| 13 | In April 1688 he stood for election to the Camden chair of history , but was beaten by his High Church rival , Henry Dodwell [ q.v. ] , whose canvasser Proast was . |
| 14 | Stood for sensitivity to the environmental , social , spiritual , and moral dimensions of health |