hold up as a model

He's someone who can be held up as a model.

For years this city was held up as a model.

South Korea's education system is held up as a model around the world.

It is often held up as a model for the United States, where 40 million people have no health insurance.

Agriculture is often held up as a model for the changes that the leadership says it wants in other industries.

Even the sewerage system was held up as a model of good asylum practice.

But if Wisconsin is to be held up as a model for welfare reform, the nation should know the reality behind the hype.

All in all, not an evening to hold up as a model of the French opera style.

But the looming battle over financing is drawing concerns even to the district being held up as a model.

Sometimes he seems to be held up as a model for social man, clear-sighted (not doting) and responsible.

However, in nearly every other aspect of his rule, he has been held up as a model for other African leaders to follow.

It would now be held up as a model of excellence, presuming you could find a care home as good.

Bahrain, a tiny nation of 700,000, is often held up as a model of reform and democratization.

Bradley has in some areas been held up as a model by the Transportation Security Administration.

(Cleveland's baseball stadium is the other one held up as a model.)

And labor relations in Spring Hill, once held up as a model for the industry, have grown strained.

The results were hailed by many Western economists, and today Chile is held up as a model for other third world countries.

This putative Golden Age was held up as a model for governments and individuals.

He added, "This is not a company that anyone would hold up as a model to be followed by Corporate America."

In 1872 the school was enlarged; it was then held up as a model school for the whole county.

And yet this possible sociopath is held up as a model to everyone who follows right-wing libertarianism.

Roy Blanchard was hailed a hero and held up as a model of wealthy citizenship.

The school has received much press attention as a Muslim secondary school where it is held up as a model for faith schools.

Like Job in the Old Testament, she was held up as a model of virtue and devotion.

According to the World Bank, as a result, "China is held up as a model for other developing countries".