Sentence examples for worked to uphold from inspiring English sources

"I was intrigued by the cult of Elizabeth, the Tudor myth that her reign continually worked to uphold: the Virgin Queen, Gloriana.

Although lawyers were in some instances at the forefront of their countries' independence movements (as were Mohandas Gandhi in India and Lee Kuan Yew in Singapore), in other cases they worked to uphold colonial rule.

Directing his policy primarily toward maintaining close relations with France and Great Britain, Sazonov also eased Russia's relations with Germany (November 1910) and worked to uphold the status quo in the Balkans.

John Y . Simon a historian at Southern Illinois University and the editor of Grant's papers, who in recent years has collected and published many documents that had previously been inaccessible, said Grant's reputation dropped to an all-time low in the 1930's, at the time of the country's complete abandonment of the Reconstruction policies Grant had worked to uphold.

He said in an interview ahead of the verdict that he had worked to uphold peace and deserved praise, not punishment.

Sessions also worked to uphold the death penalty against defendants who'd received grossly inadequate legal representation, such as Jimmy Lee Dill.

Ultimately, there is no ethical alternative to working to uphold respect for the law of war.

Fraser said the personnel – both the staff and the board – need to work to uphold the independence of the authority.

"As soon as they have economic security they learn to value their daughters, and if a law exists, they will collectively work to uphold it," she said.

I look forward to the challenge as the Trust works to uphold our editorial traditions through these testing times for all media companies".

Having spent the last 40 years working to uphold the UK's interests and reputation abroad, I cannot see why we would voluntarily relegate ourselves from the Premier League.