Sentence examples for system was held up from inspiring English sources

The continuing league system was held up by the Nazi regime as "proof of morale".

The government had relatively little debt, and the banking system was held up as a model of supervision and rectitude.

Gen. Nikolai Makarov, the chief of Russia's general staff, said Tuesday that Russian discontent over the planned American missile defense system was holding up negotiations to replace the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, or Start.

Organisers initially said the system was holding up, but that the software used by ticketing partner Ticketmaster took "a few minutes" to refresh once tickets had been sold.In the early afternoon, Locog decided to stop accepting new tickets for resale and later suspended the website altogether.

Its mass transit system is held up as an example of smart urban planning.

The American federal political system is held up as a model for Europe but the smaller European nations recognize that they would have little influence on important issues in a federation.

Aspects such as Singapore's "intelligent" congestion charge system are held up as triumphs of urban thinking – but such achievements are made altogether easier by the authoritarianism that is evident as soon as you scratch the surface of life here.

Even in Kentucky, a state whose monitoring system is held up as a model, officials say the huge outbreak of OxyContin abuse there has made them realize they are going to have to strengthen the program.

It was interesting to hear the same issues and bugbears about teaching in Scotland were repeated by teachers from Finland, a country whose education system is held up as an ideal model in my own country, as well as by teachers from less economically developed countries such as Romania.

A public transit system is held up for ransom.

"The transport system is holding up very well and you know we have still got plenty of medals to win.