Example sentences of "and stand up for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Up until April , you have Mars giving you the incentive to earn more and to stand up for yourself whenever the threat of a monetary show-down appears over the horizon . |
| 2 | Your chances of getting what you want out of life improve greatly when you let others know what you want and stand up for your own rights and needs . |
| 3 | The works , in whatever medium , must be self-sufficient and stand up for themselves . |
| 4 | People who want to see a strong , unified , modern , industrial China created which is able to defend its territorial integrity , its independence and stand up for itself er in the world . |
| 5 | In school I was prepared to handle my life and stand up for myself . |
| 6 | The sorts of experiences that you then get people talking about is really well I 've learnt to stand up for myself for the first time , erm I now know what I want to do , I know who I am , erm projects where I 've been involved , where you get women saying things like well two years ago I would never have dreamt of going and talking to the Council about my house , or my children , or that I ca n't get a job because I ca n't get child care , and I would n't have dreamt of doing that and people who now say well now I can do that , I know that I can go and stand up for myself and stand up for what I think is right , just as well as my husband can . |
| 7 | If I did n't order and stand up for her you would n't . |
| 8 | The sorts of experiences that you then get people talking about is really well I 've learnt to stand up for myself for the first time , erm I now know what I want to do , I know who I am , erm projects where I 've been involved , where you get women saying things like well two years ago I would never have dreamt of going and talking to the Council about my house , or my children , or that I ca n't get a job because I ca n't get child care , and I would n't have dreamt of doing that and people who now say well now I can do that , I know that I can go and stand up for myself and stand up for what I think is right , just as well as my husband can . |
| 9 | Similarly we asked the panel to rate the four party leaders , Thatcher , Kinnock , Steel , and Owen , on twelve more personal scales : being decisive , trustworthy , energetic , willing to listen , well informed , caring , a good leader of a team , tough , likeable , and standing up for Britain ‘ s interests against the European Community , the USA , and the USSR . |
| 10 | He so often searched for the positive , supporting and standing up for CUM and Bermondsey . |
| 11 | And standing up for what you choose to believe against those wicked people who just want you to believe what they tell you . |
| 12 | Their administrators then proceeded to act in accordance with what they took to be the finest traditions of their service and stood up for them . |
| 13 | The 35-year-old gave birth to his son a year ago and stood up for her husband during his trial . |
| 14 | Is it not time the hon. Gentleman did the job he is paid for and stood up for British sport ? |
| 15 | Joe is a very kind man and always was Pip 's friend and stood up for him , but after he wants more , he is embarrassed . |