Example sentences of "support for the [adj] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The size and range of the relief activities undertaken shows the strength of public support for the Spanish Republican government .
2 Nevertheless , it was the British Labour movement which was the backbone of support for the Spanish Republican government .
3 The Left had fought against fascism since 1933 and had organized support for the Spanish Republican armies since I 936 .
4 The combination of TMOS and the other system elements is intended to provide integrated management support for the combined transport elements .
5 The ACCA is the only accountancy organisation to maintain its support for the small company audit .
6 The election results were generally felt to represent popular support for the economic reform policies of the Economy Minister Domingo Cavallo .
7 I understand perfectly well why that should be so , as the hon. Member for Blackburn ( Mr. Straw ) made clear in the Second Reading debate his support for the higher education reforms , which account for quite a large part of the bulk of the latter part of the Bill .
8 A primary objective for ODA-funded BGS support for the Geological Survey Department is the training of junior professional and technical staff so that both posts may eventually be filled by local staff .
9 On Feb. 14 Labour MP Clare Short resigned from the opposition front bench after criticizing her party 's support for the allied bombing campaign .
10 Meanwhile the degree of support for the Communist Refoundation Party ( PRC ) , which secured 5.6 per cent of the vote , suggested that in spite of events in eastern Europe loyalty to Communist theory persisted .
11 It is pleasing that there is a large degree of support for the Southern fire station as I said it was music to my ears .
12 About 1,000 marched on the French embassy to denounce support for the Arab peace plan which brought Mr Muawad to power on Sunday .
13 While Europe quibbled , the US Department of Energy scored a coup by winning international support for the seven-year-old LOFT facility .
14 The Democratic Party , a member of Civic Union , which was simultaneously holding its ( fourth ) party congress , expressed support for the new Chernomyrdin Cabinet .
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16 During a five-day trip to South-east Asian countries prior to the Irkutsk meeting , Baker had failed to secure the support of the region 's foreign ministers for the recent significant shift in US policy towards Cambodia [ see p. 37598 ] , involving the withdrawal of US support for the three-party opposition coalition and the opening of direct talks with Vietnam .
17 Earlier , Mandela had been forthright in his criticism of US support for the Angolan rebel movement UNITA [ see p. 37523 ] .
18 Initially they were areas of strong support for the radical campesino organizations and the FMLN forces , but they have now expanded to cover over one-quarter of national territory .
19 Two centuries after Hale 's pronouncement , Pollock B. unequivocally expressed his support for the marital rape exemption in similar terms .
20 In one of those announcements that trigger a double take in observers who find it hard to believe the function had not been available for years , IBM Corp this week finally added Ethernet support for the 3174 cluster controller , long after most users must have given up on the idea and made other arrangements .
21 The US State Department said that the decision had been taken in response to " positive steps " by Vietnam on the MIA issue as well as Vietnam 's continued support for the Cambodian peace plan .
22 The first visit by a senior Chinese official in over 13 years , and designed to signal China 's support for the Cambodian peace process , it had been postponed twice in December due to unrest in Phnom Penh [ see p. 38680 ] .
23 Channel 4 's support for the British film industry will also continue .
24 Given the creation of Rail Track , the constitutional position in respect of the accountability of and the support for the British Transport Police is clearly most unsatisfactory .
25 Having spent many years arguing for government support for the British fashion industry — and getting nowhere — she can not be blamed for opting to manufacture and show abroad .
26 MORE THAN 60 farmers from the west of Scotland , unhappy with the Government 's apparent U-turn in support for the Scottish Milk Marketing Board 's plans for reform , lobbied the Scottish Secretary , Ian Lang , at his constituency surgery in Stranraer on Saturday .
27 I buy a packet of Silk Cut and carefully smoke a cigarette — making sure that I 'm actually enjoying it , not just doing it out of habit — while managing to fit in a couple of large and very refreshing G&Ts before the flight 's called and there 's just time for a single knocked-back whisky to provide a bit of nominal support for the Scottish export drive .
28 The consultation leaflet was slanted in a way er which moved the response towards support for the proposed relief roads .
29 Thirdly , the Labour party 's support for the social action programme of the social charter and for a minimum wage represents a political double-barrelled shotgun aimed at the working population , particularly those in lower-paid jobs .
30 Those accusations are always made by the same people who have all but destroyed public support for the local authority concept because of their blindness to the requirements of good financial management within local authorities .
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