Example sentences of "in [pron] support for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any measure of ‘ success ’ must be qualified : but I am unrepentant in my support for peer group review systems of the kind that CNAA established . |
| 2 | The majority of the newspapers had become woefully compromised in their support for the government and good investigative journalism was one of the casualties . |
| 3 | Other parents are just as vehement in their support for Lady Jane Grey . |
| 4 | Loyalist intransigence was bolstered not only by the new IRA campaign but also by the actions of three leading Fianna Fáil politicians in the South who were open and vocal in their support for the IRA . |
| 5 | However , in 1898 , when America went to war with Catholic Spain over Cuba , international arbitration was forgotten and English Nonconformists were united in their support for Protestant America . |
| 6 | However , all the leading architectural journals were vociferous in their support for Scott . |
| 7 | These results are therefore not unequivocal in their support for sign coding . |
| 8 | And when Parliament eventually turned back the tide of opposition to Eyre and voted financial support to the former Governor , it was poetically appropriate that those who had been most vocal in their support for the Garotter 's Act — such as Mr Adderley and the rampant Colonel North — should be in the thick of it again , shouting their praise for Eyre 's loyalty to the Crown and his firm action that had saved a colony . |
| 9 | Opinion on the McSharry plan has been sharply divided with organisations dedicated to small and medium sized farmers joining with environmentalists in their support for it while leading figures such as the Minister for Agriculture , John Gummer have been loud in their opposition . |
| 10 | But they were not in Great Britain in 1984 , and adjacent areas with similar relatively isolated mining communities ( notably Nottinghamshire and South Yorkshire ) differed very substantially not only in their support for the strike call but also in their level of industrial militancy over a substantial period of time . |
| 11 | The British Government have lagged in their support for events in Europe and have not been so enthusiastic as our European partners . |
| 12 | I am sure that the hon. Gentleman is wrong , because the consultants and management were unanimous in their support for trust status for Larbert . |
| 13 | The best source of information was the Ministry of Internal Affairs , but the ministry 's leading figures were virtually unanimous in their support for a version of emancipation which provided peasants with land . |
| 14 | The majority of the National Executive did not go as far as Marchbanks but warned several of the leading participants in the Petition campaign that disciplinary action would be taken against them ( as against Cripps ) if they continued in their support for it . |
| 15 | Players are said to be equally solid in their support for the union 's current case . |
| 16 | Until that happens , the UK is hindered in its support for international initiatives to encourage abolition in other countries . |
| 17 | The local slave trading and mercantile community was loud in its support for Harris ' intervention and happy to see , at this early stage of antislavery mobilisation , its interests defended quite as much in general scriptural terms as it was on the broad basis of national interest and community prosperity . |
| 18 | The ministry 's acceptance of EDI technology was reflected in its support for the law passed in December . |
| 19 | The American agencies have taken the view that , given Italy 's present economic and political woes , the government will be less prompt and predictable in its support for ailing banks . |
| 20 | At the extreme , if it turned out that one opinion was in a minority in every group or constituency mandating its one representative , then the gathering of representatives would be unanimous in its support for the other opinion , while the minority opinion would be entirely unrepresented , even though , in principle , it could be held by 49 per cent of those taking part in the mandating process . |
| 21 | Although Bhutto stressed that Pakistan was not seeking military confrontation with India , she reiterated that her government would continue to be " steadfast " in its support for the right of self-determination by the people of Kashmir . |
| 22 | It 's certainly true that government guidance is far more guarded erm in its support for new settlements erm the guidance has has of course been touched on but I would adem emphasize the dates of this guidance , er P P G three , housing , March nineteen ninety two , P P G twelve , development plans and regional planning guidance , February nineteen ninety two , and draft P P G thirteen , May nineteen ninety three , just looking briefly at P P G three , erm P P G , and I think it 's fair to say that P P G three takes up far less welcoming stance than did the previous erm P P G erm it recognizes that new settlements are controversial , and that the scope is likely to be limited . |
| 23 | Field Marshal Lord Wavell was strong in his support for the S.A.S. He had commented that one should never allow oneself to be ‘ trammelled by the bonds of orthodoxy ’ . |
| 24 | When the Peel Commission proposed partition in 1937 , Abdallah was virtually alone in the Arab world in his support for it contingent , however , on the incorporation of the Arab portion into his Amirate . |
| 25 | In this , as in his support for the elaboration of monastic customs , Anselm 's expansiveness stands in striking contrast both to the intimacy and austerity of his personal devotion , and to the new trend towards simplicity and severity which this type of devotion stimulated among the Cistercians . |
| 26 | In his support for helmets he adduces the case of Roger Davis . |
| 27 | the hon. Member for Hemsworth ought to be more careful in his support for Boycott , or he will fall out with many of his own right hon. and hon. Friends . |