The phrase "are upheld as" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing beliefs, values, or standards that are maintained or supported by a group or authority.
Example: "The principles of justice and equality are upheld as fundamental rights in our society."
Alternatives: "are regarded as" or "are considered to be".
Even after the Black is Beautiful seventies, it is still the case that when African American women are upheld as beautiful in popular media, they usually have lighter skin, longer hair, and thinner body types that adhere more closely to those dominant standards.
So seek out an organisation where those values are upheld as an important part of the culture.
According to the constitution, Sundays and official holidays are upheld as days of "spiritual elevation".Measured responseAlan Greenspan said again that America's interest rates could begin to rise in a "measured" fashion.
It's never good when bad movies are upheld as among the best — but it's even worse when the distribution of honors is discriminatory and thwarts not only the most talented artists individually but the entire creative environment that would yield the next generation's innovators.
It's never good when bad movies are upheld as among the best but it's even worse when the distribution of honors is discriminatory and thwarts not only the most talented artists individually but the entire creative environment that would yield the next generation's innovators.
White women, on the other hand, are upheld as pillars of modesty, self-respect and self-control.
Under that test, a delegation of legislative authority will be upheld as long as Congress "shall lay down by legislative act an intelligible principle" to which the agency "is directed to conform".
Both the federal District Court and the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, in Chicago, said the law's distinction between citizens and noncitizens should be upheld as long as it was "rational".
The Bulgarians were sentenced to death on charges of deliberately infecting 438 Libyan children with the AIDS virus in 1999, and their sentences were upheld as recently as last month.
If it's about the law, then the U.S. Constitution must be upheld as well, including the 4th and 14th Amendments which guarantee freedom from unreasonable searches and seizures, due process, and equal protection under the law.
The decision also said that bans on concealed weapons would be upheld as well as those on undefined "dangerous and unusual weapons" (apparently, no nukes, or even bazookas, will be permitted in the family garage and, the Bush administration hopes, no machine guns either).
