Sentence examples for to uphold with from inspiring English sources

As predicted by this column in June 2009, its promises over investor returns were always likely to be hard to uphold, with planning authorities rejecting its applications.

Your planner has a reputation to uphold with their vendors and it gets tarnished if they can't come up with answers from their clients.

It sent a message to an industry that, to the eyes of many, had failed to uphold with its work the values its members espoused with their politics (or, at least, their campaign donations).

And under what circumstances might he vote to uphold precedents with which he disagrees?

Like other Democrats, he questioned Mr. Ashcroft's pledge to uphold laws with which he disagreed including those guaranteeing a woman's right to an abortion.

The U.N. committee of 18 independent experts works to uphold compliance with an international treaty on civil and political rights that bans slavery, servitude and forced labour.

He marshaled all his force for the treacherous opening of the Beethoven Fifth, then let the Philharmonic show how really good it was: heroic strings, a young oboist from Alaska to die for, brass with tradition to uphold, a grand timpanist with velvet strokes, and all very much participating in the orchestra's unique self-ownership role.

Last year's manifesto promised categorically to uphold the referendum, with no further vote.

Briggs stood down due to his failure to uphold ministerial standards, with the prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, labelling his indiscretion a "serious matter".

Four weeks ago, after the Wood Memorial at Aqueduct, Orseno and Stronach had to uphold this tenet with a tough decision.

"We continue to urge the Turkish authorities to uphold international standards with regard to the rule of law, including the presumption of innocence, and to protect fundamental rights including freedom of expression and assembly," he said.