Example sentences of "stand up for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Accordingly , nothing in his framework was designed to stand up for liberty where the legislature saw fit to intervene with new restrictive laws , or where the courts contrived to discover or develop them ; Dicey simply assumed that this would not occur . |
| 2 | The government found itself derided for its failure to stand up for Serbia , assert Russian interests in the Straits — the focal point of nationalist aspiration — and face the confrontation between Slav and Teuton which was widely thought to be inevitable . |
| 3 | Mr Grosz was the only senior politician yesterday with the courage to stand up for Communism in front of a hostile audience . |
| 4 | Clarissa would have liked to stand up for Charles , but it came out as nothing more positive than ‘ Oh ’ . |
| 5 | Germany 's Jewish Council , noting Monday 's anniversary of the Nazis ' 1938 Kristallnacht ( Night of the Shattering Glass ) pogrom , said the Right-wing resurgence obliged Germans more than ever before to stand up for democracy and tolerance . |
| 6 | As a result there are now Government , as well as private consumer organizations , whose purpose is to stand up for consumers ' rights . |
| 7 | ‘ I am demonstrating that I want to stand up for Hong Kong 's interests . |
| 8 | At the election he stood as the architect 's architect , pledged to stand up for quality of design . |
| 9 | ‘ Stand Up for Fun ’ , filmed at Nidri , quickly introduces novices windsurfers to essentials , leading to the use of footstraps and harnesses . |
| 10 | Do n't be a Chocolate Teapot , melting away when the heat 's turned up at school ; stand up for God and know that he loves you enough to help you through each day , however hot it gets . |
| 11 | Austin Mitchell ( Lab , Great Grimsby ) said the Government should ‘ deal with Russian imports by a dumping ban on a temporary basis , provide financial support , stand up for fishing , instead of blaming the fishermen ’ . |
| 12 | If Americans did n't stand up for Americans , why should Greeks stand up for … ? |
| 13 | And it meant she could stand up for Darren , who showed no sign of needing anything but his hard little fists and a certain way with words . |
| 14 | Now that both the Secretary of State for Defence and the Prime Minister have comprehensively rubbished those assurances , will the Secretary of State for Scotland have to eat humble pie again or will he stand up for Scotland and make this a resignation issue ? |
| 15 | Ms Hutchison did not boost her case , however , by asserting in a recent televised debate that she is ‘ a fighter ’ who will stand up for Texas in the Senate . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Government were to be warmly congratulated for standing up for Britain at Brussels . |
| 18 | Standing up for koi : well-fed fish leave tadpoles in peace |
| 19 | President Bill Clinton , giving his first formal press conference since he took office two months ago , said Mr Yeltsin had shown a great deal of courage in standing up for democracy , civil liberties and market reforms . |
| 20 | I like a bit of dominant , you know standing up for people in my woman . |
| 21 | The Arts : Standing up for God and country Johnny Cash , minstrel of hard liquor , soft women and the myth of the Old West , still looks good at 60 . |
| 22 | Standing up for pensioners has rarely been popular except among pensioners . |
| 23 | The Labour party has form in standing up for secrecy in local government , in opposing the publication of school results or of any other kind of league table . |
| 24 | Germans have stood up for freedom . |
| 25 | Those people have stood up for justice , despite the abuse that they received from the public . |
| 26 | He did not understand my right hon. Friend 's point about how the Government have stood up for consumers by introducing competition and the right kind of legislation . |
| 27 | In a discussion with Jenny Ball , we talked about those women teachers who stood up for women 's rights . |
| 28 | Mum always stood up for Liza , her longtime favourite , telling Dad she had enough sense to know what was right and wrong , but I doubted she did . |