Sentence examples for standing for office from inspiring English sources

The majority have backgrounds in business and finance, with a number of lawyers, military officers and private sector PR consultants also standing for office.

Trump, who has long flirted with the idea of standing for president, said he knew that standing for office would be a "tough" job but somebody had to stand up to stop the country "dying".

Mrs Hatoyama is not standing for office.

Article 186 of Guatemala's constitution bans relatives of the president from standing for office.

Some are now standing for office and, remarkably, winning the support of Chinese and Indian voters.

Burnham was not the only Labour MP standing for office to oppose the welfare bill.

The former mayor, who was previously a Labour councillor, has been barred from standing for political office for five years and cannot stand in a re-run of the mayoral election expected in June.

He wants measures put in place to prevent corrupt people or criminals from standing for elected office.

This needs addressing first at the personal level by all those standing for public office.

It might even mean Taliban officials standing for national office — and possibly winning.

Is there any justification for firing someone from a reality-style television show for standing for political office?