Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pers pn] [adj] support " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1326 Scotland and France had concluded a new alliance , the Treaty of Corbeil , under which the French , while not being required to take military action on behalf of the Scots in any future conflict with England , agreed to give them diplomatic support , while the French obtained from the Scots an agreement to attack England in the event of war between the French and the English . |
| 2 | And , however badly Ratner appears to have screwed up the company 's finances — and public image — some people are said to be still willing to give him financial support . |
| 3 | Some unhappy women , whose husbands are unable to offer them emotional support , quite inappropriately turn to their sons . |
| 4 | He can also make a point of talking to Mr Yeltsin and other republican leaders to offer them moral support . |
| 5 | Clare , walking with a stick now , though still in braces , had come to London to lend me moral support — Father , of course , could n't just leave his job at will . |
| 6 | Capitant 's Union Gaulliste apparently intrigued de Gaulle , but not enough for him to lend it active support or even sanction , and de Gaulle 's reluctance to throw his weight behind this initiative doomed it to failure . |