Example sentences of "to stand up for " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is the best way to serve the people we want to stand up for . |
| 2 | Mr Grosz was the only senior politician yesterday with the courage to stand up for Communism in front of a hostile audience . |
| 3 | Paul Twyman , of North Thanet said : ‘ The BMA are a trade union and they are entitled to stand up for their members ’ interests , but they are not entitled to abuse their professional position by deliberately scaremongering and frightening elderly patients . ’ |
| 4 | Reading right-wing papers also made people more inclined to believe the Conservative Party had convincing policies and was likely to keep its promises , that Kinnock was neither decisive , nor trustworthy , nor a good leader of a team , and especially that he could not be relied upon to stand up for British interests against the USSR . |
| 5 | The passion she had tried to feel for feminism was not enough , it did not give her enough strength to stand up for herself against the demands of these two women who wanted her , needed her and demanded her . |
| 6 | Where the unions fail in their duties to black workers they must be challenged to stand up for their rights . |
| 7 | Calling on Japan to stand up for itself when dealing with America , the book was a huge success , selling more than 1m copies . |
| 8 | Over the past decade Muslims have learnt to stand up for themselves . |
| 9 | ‘ She had not the spirit to stand up for her own mother . |
| 10 | Clarissa would have liked to stand up for Charles , but it came out as nothing more positive than ‘ Oh ’ . |
| 11 | Maginnis , and by implication the Official Unionists , were weak and failed to stand up for the common man . |
| 12 | What she must teach herself to do was to stop caring , learn to stand up for herself . |
| 13 | At the election he stood as the architect 's architect , pledged to stand up for quality of design . |
| 14 | We , as professionals , need to stand up for that in which we believe . |
| 15 | You 'll have to stand up for yourself . ’ |
| 16 | Quite how he was supposed to stand up for himself when he was tied up in a wicker laundry basket which had been left under a running shower was another matter . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | If a chap had n't the guts to stand up for his own beastliness where was he ? |
| 19 | His group was a homespun affair and he wanted to support people inspired solely by the love of writing and music , and with the verve to stand up for themselves in print . |
| 20 | Rights are a central issue in being assertive ( see page 8 ) , since a decision to be assertive , as opposed to aggressive or submissive , is in effect a decision to stand up for your rights in a way that respects other people 's rights . |
| 21 | To stand up for yourself . |
| 22 | He may have been pleased to get the job — but he was only shot into the spot in order to stand up for good , Christian , family values and to restore party morale in Cecil 's wake . |
| 23 | What do you really think is more important , disappointing your ‘ friends ’ by ‘ going all religious on them ’ or disappointing Jesus by failing to stand up for him ? |
| 24 | I am not happy when something unfair happens to someone else and I try to stand up for what is right . |
| 25 | Be prepared to be the first one to stand up for what is right when something wrong is being done to or said about someone . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | However , as someone who identified with the student movements of the late 1960s , he was saddened to discover that present economic conditions meant ‘ normal ’ younger students were less willing , or able , to stand up for ‘ issues ’ . |
| 28 | Women can form a communal bond quickly , but may be reluctant to stand up for their personal views . |
| 29 | At least education has given people confidence to stand up for their own rights ’ . |
| 30 | ‘ I am demonstrating that I want to stand up for Hong Kong 's interests . |