Example sentences of "[coord] had supported the " in BNC.

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1 I really did n't intend to join this regiment , in fact I was making efforts to rejoin the Yeomanry , who are out here [ his former regiment had landed in Algeria as part of the 6th Armoured Division in the First Army and had supported the 1st Guards Brigade in the battle for Tunis ] , but the C.O. of this regiment chose me by interview and I had to go , being only a very small cog in the wheels of war .
2 The local authority , which had sought the guidance of the court and had supported the mother 's successful efforts to obtain the order , had in the meanwhile reconsidered its position .
3 ‘ The Northern Ireland committee was instrumental in the formation of the Van Straubenzee Working Party and had supported the work of the Fair Employment Agency and now Fair Employment Commission . ’
4 Responsibility for much of the killing was attributed to remnants of the Tontons Macoutes , the widely feared militia of the Duvaliers which had remained active since 1986 and had supported the Avril regime .
5 Krupp expected and received more consideration than Theodor Boeninger of Duisburg , whom the regional administration merely recommended for the title of Commercial Counsellor ( Kommerzienrat ) because he was wealthy , a capable industrialist , active in public and church life and had supported the government in elections and on both municipal and district councils .
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