Sentence examples for have stuck for from inspiring English sources

On the contrary, numerous changes in the ratio over the years have stuck: for example, NBA teams won 65% of their regular-season home games from 1975-1992, compared with just 60% since then.

Unfortunately, Simon's outlandish contention under the Michigan Control Share Acquisitions Act -- a law expressly designed to protect Michigan companies from an acquisition by raiders the likes of Simon -- does seem to have stuck for the moment".

But I have stuck for 40 years to a belief that, yes, our ways are superior — and by our ways I mean such things often taken for granted as a free press, strong civil institutions, an independent judiciary and, perhaps above all, the belief that the powers of the state need to be restrained, and that the institutions of government exist to serve the individual, not the other way around.

"The stigma has stuck for so long".

NBC has stuck for many years to a policy of not pre-empting the highly profitable "Today" show to carry Wimbledon in the early morning.

In person, Avraham Yehoshua – the B is for Bulli, a nickname given to him by two girls at junior school that has stuck for life – conveys none of this.

We have lost many, many strong community activists who have stuck up for their area for many long years.

But they should have stuck around for the encore.

Performers who got their start at the Skylight have stuck around for 20 or 30 years.

But governments that have stuck around for 20 to 40 years are slow to realize that, she said.

"If we could have stuck around for the summer, I'm sure we could have made a run," he said.