Example sentences of "support [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I would also like to thank Renault , Elf and the team 's sponsors for their support during the two years I have worked with them . |
| 2 | He said he was sure Presidents Bush and Gorbachev would approve of what was happening in Germany , and believed France and Britain , who had given such support during the long and difficult years as well as ‘ our East European neighbours ’ would understand . |
| 3 | Britain appeared to have little interest in the area , Russia was preoccupied with her domestic problems , and in any case the Tsar had never forgiven Austria for her lack of support during the Crimean War . |
| 4 | A source of constant support during the lean years was his wife Margaret Plant , known as Meg , whom he married in 1960 . |
| 5 | In conclusion , may I take this opportunity of thanking the Chief Executive and Directors of Plantsbrook Group , the National Secretary , the Officers , Administration Secretary and the Staff at the National Office and , last but not least , my colleagues at work for all their support during the past twelve months . |
| 6 | We in Britain owe so much to our American allies , not only for their support during the last war , but also today . |
| 7 | Using the Government 's own figures , the National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux has calculated that an unemployed claimant aged between 18 and 24 — as most students are — would have received £31.15 a week income support during the 12-week vacation : a total of £373.80 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I 'm going to tell you a little bit this morning about South East Arts and it 's support for the visual arts in the South East here . |
| 10 | The size and range of the relief activities undertaken shows the strength of public support for the Spanish Republican government . |
| 11 | This contrasts sharply with the limited support for the Spanish fascists . |
| 12 | Nevertheless , it was the British Labour movement which was the backbone of support for the Spanish Republican government . |
| 13 | Papal implication in subsequent plotting against Elizabeth and financial support for the Spanish Armada only served to confirm this equation , and as a consequence Elizabeth was unable to withstand the growing pressure from her Protestant subjects for the introduction of harsher recusancy laws and civil disabilities for Catholics . |
| 14 | Apart from the religious issues which sometimes confused Catholics , only one factor weakened British Left support for the Spanish government . |
| 15 | The Left had fought against fascism since 1933 and had organized support for the Spanish Republican armies since I 936 . |
| 16 | Sylvia Hayes , an artist who had spent some time painting in Orkney , came from Oxford to show her support for the four families . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | There is also wide support for the mixed economy — a private enterprise economy , subject to government controls — as well as for state provision of welfare services . |
| 19 | Thus if the data satisfy the restrictions implied by equations ( 3.14 ) and ( 3.16 ) it can be taken as support for the rational expectations model of consumption : the observationally equivalent non-rational expectations model is ruled out on theoretical grounds . |
| 20 | 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 ] . |
| 21 | And in this case it was an overwhelming support for the blue route . |
| 22 | If the government 's support for the landowning nobility perpetuated its age-old conflict with the peasantry , the direct corollary of its close alliance with industrial employers was confrontation with labour . |
| 23 | The combination of TMOS and the other system elements is intended to provide integrated management support for the combined transport elements . |
| 24 | She had recently changed her mind and in a moving and closely argued speech declared her support for the combined system . |
| 25 | Although US unions have been associated with support for the Democratic Party , the politicians and policies they have backed have by no means been the most socialist of those on offer . |
| 26 | The traditional southern support for the Democratic Party was maintained , in spite of the doubts of some of the more conservative southern politicians . |
| 27 | This openness also showed that in relation to science the consultative process revealed massive support for the working party 's view on the time to be devoted to science and on the position of balanced science but that the Council , with some reluctance , made recommendations in accordance with the Secretary of State 's different view . |
| 28 | It would , in any case , have been difficult to obtain unanimous support for the complete closure that Don Aldo Marangoni was advocating . |
| 29 | The government was , also , committed to a private sector as , in its manifesto , it had pledged support for the small businessman , of whom there were many in Chile . |
| 30 | The ACCA is the only accountancy organisation to maintain its support for the small company audit . |