Sentence examples for initially upheld from inspiring English sources

Although Ayatollah Khamenei initially upheld the election results, he subsequently called for an official inquiry by the Council of Guardians into the allegations of electoral irregularities.

There were calls in Parliament this week for the resignation of Rachida Dati, France's justice minister, after she initially upheld the ruling.

Although Ayatollah Khamenei initially upheld the election results, he subsequently called for an official inquiry by the Council of Guardians (a body of jurists that reviews legislation and supervises elections) into the allegations of electoral irregularities.

Even the three-member naval appeal board chaired by Adm. Andrew H. Foote, which initially upheld the dismissal, unanimously recommended his reinstatement as "an act of grace and clemency".

Amid debate over the nature of the election opponents alleged electoral fraud and called for the results to be annulled Khamenei, as the country's supreme leader, initially upheld the election results, strengthening Ahmadinejad's position.

The US appeal was initially upheld but a GB team counter-appeal succeeded, leaving Pearson as champion.

His decision came after the Pennsylvania Supreme Court last month rejected the lower court's decision to initially uphold the law, ordering it to investigate whether the state would be able to get photo IDs to everyone who needed them.

Initially ruled a touchdown, it was upheld on a controversial replay review and brought one of the NFL's most tired storylines – what's a catch – to the Super Bowl.

The case of a woman minister in Cornwall who sued the Methodist church for unfair dismissal an action initially rejected by an employment tribunal, then upheld on appeal is working its way through the legal system, with a hearing next week.

Weggemann was not alone in being reclassified, with compatriot Justin Zook moved from S9 to S10 and Victoria Arlen initially ruled ineligible before her appeal was upheld.

The play was initially called no good, but the 49ers' challenge was upheld.