Example sentences of "support for the [adj] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Responding to what they say are inaccurate press stories — which we have not seen — Micro Focus Plc has issued a statement with Microsoft Corp 's concurrence , saying that their current agreement between will expire on September 30 , but that both want to continue their business relationship into the future and are exploring the terms for the new agreement ; as if to emphasise the point , Microsoft yesterday announced shipment of Microsoft Cobol professional development system version 5.0 for Windows , with support for the Visual Basic programming system for Windows and embedded structure query language ; it says the new release incorporates the latest version of the Micro Focus compiler , and creates executable files faster and smaller than previous releases ; it is $900 , now . |
| 2 | Arens said that the US side had indicated continuing support for the joint US-Israeli development of the Arrow surface-to-air missile programme , which involved the US company Lockheed , and on which the USA was underwriting 80 per cent of the costs . |
| 3 | Suharto , however , opposed the formation of a new trade bloc , expressing strong reservations about the Malaysian proposal , and other ASEAN member countries also apparently preferred to focus on support for the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation Council ( APEC ) , formed in November 1989 [ see p. 37044 ] . |
| 4 | A long-held hatred of the system of separate ethnically defined " bantustans " for blacks was finding expression in support for the African National Congress ( ANC ) demand for reintegration of the homelands into South Africa , as part of the dismantling of apartheid legislation . |
| 5 | Crucially , there was also assured financial support for the permitted grant-aided maximum of two such tutors at each extra-mural department in that the Board of Education grant provided for 75% of the salaries of tutors or a maximum of £300 per annum for each appointment . |
| 6 | Two significant trends were heavy ALP losses in Victoria , and a nationwide decline in support for the corruption-tainted National Party . |
| 7 | By the end of September or early October , the Castro-Communist alliance appears to have been concluded or tacitly agreed upon , as the PSP pledged labour 's full support for the new economic course . |
| 8 | In an interview with NIN ( 27 December 1987 ) , Professor Smiljković announced his full support for the new political trend in Serbia , and in particular for ‘ differentiation ’ , the rooting out of ‘ opportunism ’ , and the replacement of old cadres by new ones . |
| 9 | Their consistent support for the new Israeli state reflected the existence of an American Jewish community — wealthy , strong in voting power , and highly organized as a political pressure group . |
| 10 | One can take this either as evidence of a divine purpose in Creation and the choice of the laws of science or as support for the strong anthropic principle . |
| 11 | It is quite clear that between 1935 and 1939 Nizan formulated a coherent and realistic communist political strategy centred , on the one hand , on unfailing support for the Soviet socialist state , the site of cultural enlightenment and material freedom , and the guardian of international peace and security , and on the other , on unequivocal opposition to the fascist states of Germany and Italy , the site of cultural barbarism and material oppression , and the harbingers of international war and instability . |
| 12 | Future product enhancements will include support for the Standard General Markup Language ( SGML ) , ISO 's SQL3 specifications and the Object Management Group 's Object Request Broker , the company says . |
| 13 | Soviet support for the Chinese atomic programme , nonetheless , was withdrawn the following year , the USSR was neutral during the Sino-Indian war of 1959 , and in 1960 the dispute between the two communist giants came into the open . |
| 14 | The most influential voice of support for the Scottish Equitable board 's proposal will come form the independent actuary . |
| 15 | The bill had been intended to highlight Labour 's continued adherence to the closed shop , until Mr Fowler 's shadow , Mr Tony Blair , last weekend announced the Opposition 's support for the full Social Charter agenda . |
| 16 | WorldView 2 adds improved support for the Standardised Generalised Mark-up Language , SMGL : the software has always been able to import SMGL documents but now it can export them too , and make use of the plethora of information that SMGL buries in a document . |
| 17 | X/Open chief technical officer , Mike Lambert says X/Open says is also providing support for the Petrotechnical Open Software Corporation , which is trying to get its own POSC branding scheme off the ground with the aim of harmonising IT standards within the oil industry . |
| 18 | If Hoover 's decision to move a couple of hundred jobs from Dijon to Scotland was enough to provoke an uproar , imagine the corrosive effect on political support for the Single European Act of additional competitive devaluations . |
| 19 | Because of the stress laid upon the need for timely preparation , there was no support for the common contemporary practice of withholding from a sick person as long as possible warning of the terminal character of the illness . |
| 20 | Our view is that the maintenance , deployment and continued support for the sea-launched ballistic missile programmes of both Polaris and Trident would be sufficient for us to make a contribution to the defence of the west and of these islands . |
| 21 | Xinhua staff issued a statement declaring ‘ firm support for the patriotic democratic movement of the Peking students and the broad masses . |
| 22 | The reversal of military gains made against Azerbaijan in Nagorno Karabakh and Nakhichevan during May [ see pp. 38925 ; 38975 ] apparently encouraged a growth in support for the Armenian Revolutionary Federation ( ARF or Dashnaksutyun ) , which held its 25th meeting on June 30 . |
| 23 | The Labour Party is currently establishing Labour groups overseas in order to mobilise support for the forthcoming general election . |
| 24 | The first multiparty local elections in Romania for 45 years , held on Feb. 9 , 16 , and 28 , demonstrated significant loss of support for the ruling National Salvation Front ( NSF ) compared with the parliamentary elections held in May 1990 [ see p. 37441 ] . |
| 25 | Prime Minister Pierre Bérégovoy narrowly defeated a no confidence vote in the National Assembly on June 1 , in which 25 deputies of the French Communist Party ( PCF ) abandoned their passive support for the ruling Socialist Party ( PS ) to join the opposition parties tabling the motion — the Gaullist Rally for the Republic ( RPR ) and the centrist Union for French Democracy ( UDF ) . |