Example sentences of "stand up for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Labour must , once again , be the party that stands up for the individual against the vested interests that hold him or her back … |
| 2 | Maginnis , and by implication the Official Unionists , were weak and failed to stand up for the common man . |
| 3 | Hadlee professes great admiration for New Zealand 's wicketkeepers of modern times , the late Ken Wadsworth , and the incumbent record-holder , Ian Smith : ‘ But James had that ability to stand up for the one down the leg side , and the bails would be off in a flash . |
| 4 | The individual who 's gon na be assertive is likely to be open and honest or likely to admit things that are not so good at honest those , but they 're not gon na necessarily apologise for those , they 're gon na treat those as statements of fact and they 're certainly gon na try and involve other people and actually say what do you think this , what are some ways forward er but it does n't mean that they 're gon na be walked all over and they still stand up for the things that they firmly believe in . |
| 5 | Why not stand up for the uniquely British spirit embodied by Richard Lester ( who 's American — DQ ) , Rita Tushingham , Shelagh Delaney , Tom Courtenay , etc . |
| 6 | A leading liberal , Mr Martin Lee , whose United Democrats won a landslide in elections for the partially-democratic legislature in September , defined the Governor 's job differently : ‘ He must be committed to democratising Hong Kong and to standing up for the territory 's interests , especially in the case of conflict with Britain and China . |
| 7 | If the choice now is between shoring up a democratically bankrupt Westminster or standing up for the restoration of Scottish democracy , then I am for Scottish democracy . |
| 8 | That can often mean standing up for the client and criticising the system , ’ he says . |
| 9 | I should have thought that hon. Members would have got behind the work of the regulators , who are standing up for the interests of the customer . |
| 10 | " For people who take a sober view of life , " he said , " a person is liberal who is prepared not to take thought for his personal interests but to expend all his energy on standing up for the juridical independence of every citizen and the freedom of every action which does not undermine the well-being and the tranquillity of society " . |
| 11 | Though not normally noted for their philanthropy , lawyers say they are standing up for the common man and woman by condemning the Scottish Office plans to change civil legal aid and to a lesser extent legal advice and assistance . |
| 12 | We have stood up for the values our country has always represented . |
| 13 | Deeply committed to the pursuit of mathematics and the physical sciences , he stood up for the universities when they were attacked by vituperative radicals such as Cromwell 's army chaplain , John Webster . |
| 14 | And as the bridal couple stood up for the first dance , she felt the enormous gulf between their obvious carefree happiness and her present misery . |
| 15 | He then stood up for the sentence , his hands on the dock rail . |