Sentence examples for upholding the idea from inspiring English sources

He opposed the Protestant champions Gábor Bethlen and György Rákóczi I while upholding the idea of freeing Hungary from Turkish dominance through a consolidation of Habsburg dynastic power.

All five committees in the Democratic-led Congress that have taken up a health care plan this year have supported an individual mandate, with the Senate Finance Committee upholding the idea last week.

We have yet to see how God can know as creator what decisions and actions his creatures will engage in, while at the same time upholding the idea that those decisions and actions are manifestations of libertarian freedom.

"I believe the court would probably uphold the idea that you shouldn't disenfranchise a voter.

By a 5-4 margit it upheld the idea of affirmative action in university admissions in effect, selection by race.

This is supposedly to protect commercial secrets, and to uphold the idea that enhanced inspections are voluntary.

"For a long time, the National Front upheld the idea that the state always does things more expensively and less well than the private sector," she told me.

MacIver upheld the idea that societies evolve from highly communal states to ones in which individual functions and group affiliations are extremely specialized.

Characteristic were those who upheld the idea of patterning one's life after Jesus, the great example who had known neither status nor security and was eventually condemned to death.

And Mr. Obama — who opposed the individual mandate four years ago as a candidate, but came to accept it as president — is now waiting to see whether the Supreme Court upholds the idea or strikes it down.

One reason he was chosen this year was the selection committee's desire to uphold the idea of a peaceful conflict resolution in what it diplomatically referred to as "a situation currently marked by threats of the use of power".