Example sentences of "in support for the " in BNC.

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1 There was also a sharp rise in support for the far-Right .
2 There can be little doubt that the liturgical policies of these Arminian prelates engendered very deep frustrations , fuelled anxieties about a Catholic insurrection , and produced an increase in support for the alternative , non-episcopalian , Presbyterian system of church government .
3 For example , while some companies may have been able to ignore the social protest of individuals who suffered the effects of industrial pollution , they found it more difficult to resist organized groups of citizens whose opposition accompanied a marked decline in support for the LDP .
4 SPATIAL VARIABILITY IN SUPPORT FOR THE STRIKE
5 Yet the Secretary of State says that child benefit is one of the main elements in support for the family , and the Prime Minister says that he attaches ’ particular significance ’ to it .
6 More than 400 district council seats have been filled and although support for Alliance has improved , the anticipated fall in support for the DUP did not materialise .
7 With almost 500 seats filled , support for Alliance has improved with extra seats in Castlereagh and Ards , while the anticipated fall in support for the DUP did not materialise .
8 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 .
9 Two significant trends were heavy ALP losses in Victoria , and a nationwide decline in support for the corruption-tainted National Party .
10 The drop in support for the government parties after less than five months in power was widely attributed to growing scepticism about whether the government could produce a workable programme to tackle the country 's economic crisis .
11 The strong showing by the FN in the Lyon by-elections followed a surge in support for the extreme right at a municipal election on Jan. 20 and 27 in the Paris suburb of Clichy-sous-Bois , where the mayoralty had hitherto been held by the Communist Party ( PCF ) .
12 Faced with a sharp fall in support for the CDU in the former East German Länder , CDU general secretary Volker Rühe ( with the tacit support of Federal Chancellor Helmut Kohl ) had led the group within the party pressing for the replacement of de Maizière .
13 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 .
14 The SAC welcomed a large increase in support for the Gaelic arts , saying that reflected its commitment to Scotland 's traditional cultures .
15 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 .
16 From Murray Rudkin 's lineout work , Lee threw out an inviting flat pass to the intruding Thomson , the impressive Kenny Milligan bludgeoned on and Rudkin was in support for the try .
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