"We have thrown some people out, and we're upholding standards."

"But don't you want to uphold high literary standards?"

As a professional doctor of that time Ventura was to uphold certain standards.

Members of the local community still attempted to uphold old standards of education and culture.

Part of it was because she wasn't a princess, so didn't have to uphold princessly standards.

To uphold high standards, a system of guidelines and scrutiny exists.

This is to uphold the integrity and high standards of the competition.

He had accepted it as his mission to uphold standards.

If educated people did not uphold traditional standards of conduct, who would?

The government needs to reduce its budget while continuing to uphold educational standards in this country.