Example sentences of "stand up for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Somewhat forbidding socially because of shyness , Dorothea had an absolute integrity which made her stand up for what she believed should be done . |
| 2 | There 's nothing you can do except stand up for your own and try and get Liam out before two o'clock . |
| 3 | The nightmares stopped instantly after this explanation , and I was able to give lectures , stand up for myself and speak in public — all of which I had never been able to do before . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | This is not to say that the simplistic socialist argument — that all would be well if only Labour stood up for its class interests with the same vigour that the Tories stand up for theirs — is correct . |
| 6 | Stand up for your rights , Aries , but do n't dig your toes in so much that you create more problems for yourself . |
| 7 | Stand up for yourself |
| 8 | The more you stand up for yourself and act in a manner you respect , the higher your self-esteem . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The works , in whatever medium , must be self-sufficient and stand up for themselves . |
| 11 | They made girls stand up for themselves and neatness , grooming and deportment were important . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Whether I 'll be remembered as the most pompous , hard-to-get-along-with person they 've ever come across , because I stand up for what I believe in , or as the best athlete Britain 's ever had , which I think will be the case , I 'll always be remembered . ’ |
| 14 | Although a lot of his story is still relevant to us cos you can see it in today 's life when people stand up for themselves or stand up for their faith or what they believe in and you look around you , you can see violence and being done to them . |
| 15 | Although a lot of his story is still relevant to us cos you can see it in today 's life when people stand up for themselves or stand up for their faith or what they believe in and you look around you , you can see violence and being done to them . |
| 16 | I always stand up for myself . |
| 17 | If you think you have an argument , stand up for yourself and say : ‘ With great respect , my Lord , ’ and so on . |
| 18 | ‘ Stand Up for Fun ’ , filmed at Nidri , quickly introduces novices windsurfers to essentials , leading to the use of footstraps and harnesses . |
| 19 | Learn to be assertive , stand up for yourself and your own value . |
| 20 | ‘ Stand up for — ? |
| 21 | In school I was prepared to handle my life and stand up for myself . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Bus chiefs stand up for older vehicles |
| 24 | 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 ’ . |
| 25 | Stand up for your SUSA ! |
| 26 | Well stand up for a start ! |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Because women 's work is never done , and underpaid , or unpaid , or boring or repetitious and we 're the first to get the sack , and what we look like is more important than what we do , and if we get raped it 's our fault , and if we get bashed we must have provoked it , if we raise our voices we 're nagging bitches , and if we enjoy sex we 're nymphs and if we do n't we 're frigid , and if we love women it 's because we ca n't get a real man , and if we ask our doctor too many questions we 're neurotic and if we expect the community to care for our children we 're selfish , and if we stand up for our rights we 're aggressive and unfeminine , and if we do n't we 're typical weak females , and if we want to get married we 're out to trap a man , and if we do n't we 're unnatural , and because we ca n't get adequate safe contraceptives , but men can walk on the moon , and we ca n't cope or do n't want a pregnancy we 're made to feel guilty about abortion , and for lots and lots of other reasons we 're all part of the Women 's Liberation Movement . |