Sentence examples for attempts to uphold from inspiring English sources

The formula attempts to uphold international standards of justice while maintaining Cambodia's sense of national sovereignty.

Lacking flexibility or imagination, he was unable to understand that those political deceits that he always practiced in increasingly vain attempts to uphold his authority eventually impugned his honour and damaged his credit.

From Thomas's supporters, there were no calls for a special prosecutor, no demands to bring in the F.B.I., no expressions of outrage that Hill and the other plotters were being permitted to get away scot-free, no attempts to uphold the rule of law and the Constitutional order by ensuring that the guilty were indicted, tried, and imprisoned for their crimes.

Further, he attempts to uphold a particular view of Epicurean orthodoxy against rival Epicureans who had a different interpretation of a number of positions of the school, these too presumably developed in response to challenges and to positions of other schools which had advanced the state of the discussion in many areas.

Other demands' was the most significant barrier reported by the women in their attempts to uphold their intentions to be physically active: "… the bike ride got pushed over because I had to madly clean the house... ........... 'Being prepared' emerged as the third sub-theme and refers to having the necessary equipment (e.g. gym clothes) and arrangements in place ahead of time.

There are laws and international conventions that attempt to uphold certain ethical principles and regulations concerning cloning.

"He's making an attempt to uphold the principles of good governance and the freedom of the judiciary," he said.

In this new drama a cancer-stricken mother (Debra Monk) and her adult son (Ian Barford) attempt to uphold their relationship.

This is an interesting commentary on an attempt to uphold a law which arose from the prosecution of fascists.

Alabama Supreme Court Justice Roy Moore, who is attempting to uphold the US state's same-sex marriage ban, has garnered some likely unwelcome support from the Klu Klux Klan.

Under Moynihan, the BOA spent significant time and money unsuccessfully attempting to uphold a bylaw that allowed it to ban drug cheats from the Olympics for life.