Example sentences of "support for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The explosion destroyed a bar in an area known for its strong support for the Sacred Union . |
| 32 | Pravda had been suspended temporarily by order of the Russian government in August , for its alleged support for the failed coup [ see p. 38418 ] . |
| 33 | In Teheran 's poor southern suburbs , which supposedly form the bedrock of support for the Islamic revolution , many young people said they would not be voting . |
| 34 | The result was seen as a sign of continuing support for the liberal factions which had won a sweeping victory in elections to the Legco in September [ see p. 38436 ] . |
| 35 | Spokesman Ben Ord said doorstep canvassing had registered strong support for the Liberal Democrats . |
| 36 | The election results were generally felt to represent popular support for the economic reform policies of the Economy Minister Domingo Cavallo . |
| 37 | On April 15 , urged by Khasbulatov , the Congress adopted by 578 to 203 ( 64 abstentions ) a more conciliatory " Declaration on support for the economic reforms " . |
| 38 | The research examines the relationships between objective consumer conditions , mass perceptions of the economy and levels of political support for the major political parties |
| 39 | García visited the town of Ayacucho on Oct. 24 to show support for the only remaining mayoral candidate , Abraham Macizo , representing APRA . |
| 40 | Putting aside his choice of partner , the lady who publicly declared her support for the barbaric practice of ‘ necklacing ’ those who step out of line , there is his friendship with Col Gaddafi , who is said to have paid the bill for the ANC leader 's recent tour of North Africa , as well as contributing $135,000 to Mrs Mandela 's defence . |
| 41 | I do not find in this decision a sufficient support for the wide proposition for which Mr. Collins contends . |
| 42 | I understand perfectly well why that should be so , as the hon. Member for Blackburn ( Mr. Straw ) made clear in the Second Reading debate his support for the higher education reforms , which account for quite a large part of the bulk of the latter part of the Bill . |
| 43 | The communiqué also called for increased support for the Palestinian intifada in the Israeli-occupied territories , and for material , moral and political assistance for the reconstruction of Lebanon . |
| 44 | The declaration highlighted the importance of the current Middle East peace talks and reiterated support for the Palestinian intifada , adding that the liberation of Jerusalem " was the Islamic cause of this generation " . |
| 45 | Trish voiced her support for the vice-presidential campaign of Gerlandine Ferraro . |
| 46 | The stark fact is that Nottinghamshire could not afford to do both and generated local controversy by protecting the vertical efficiency of the developmental approach at the expense of fieldwork support for the many . |
| 47 | When Hitler invaded Russia in June 1941 and the war , for communists , abruptly changed its character , there was at least the prospect — in principle at least — of enhanced support for the revolutionary and patriotic cause in Vietnam ; but until Russia had withstood the German onslaught this in practical terms meant nothing . |
| 48 | The women 's organizations are also an important source of information for many refugees who would otherwise be isolated from events in their country and a channel by means of which they can express support for the revolutionary movement : |
| 49 | Indeed , Thomson suggests that , in relative terms , today 's pensions are lower in value than support for the elderly through the mid-nineteenth century Poor Law . |
| 50 | By the 1940s , retirement had been written in to state support for the elderly and , as such , became part of a new institutionalized dependence . |
| 51 | It had argued that adequate pension support for the elderly would encourage them to retire and thus increase younger workers ' employment prospects . |
| 52 | Shanas ( 1979 ) , in her review of American data on family support for the elderly , notes that women are two or three times more likely than men to say that no one helped them during a period of illness . |
| 53 | There is a large amount of evidence ( summarized by Grundy , 1986 ) that it continues to be the major source of support for the elderly . |
| 54 | Kraemer and Roberts ( 1984 ) ( see also Kraemer and Ossenkopp 1986 ; Kraemer , Hoggman , and Spear 1988 ) have invoked results from a rather different experimental procedure in seeking support for the retrieval-failure account of latent inhibition . |
| 55 | As well as little headroom , there is even less support for the individual manager either laterally or vertically . |
| 56 | The Bill provides no support for the genuine refugee or assistance with the resettlement of refugees here . |
| 57 | In summary , our results provide circumstantial support for the hypothesized link between solar cycle length and irradiance . |
| 58 | The unrest , which killed 11 people , spread elswhere in the south , the traditional base for support for the Hashemite regime ; first to al Hassaniyeh and al Tufeila , and then up to Kerak , Madaba and Salt . |
| 59 | An advocate of home rule and agrarian reform , Walsh 's support for the controversial ‘ plan of campaign ’ earned him the displeasure of Rome and cost him the cardinal 's hat . |
| 60 | In August the KKE had expressed support for the attempted coup against Soviet President Gorbachev , and Papariga now declared that the process of perestroika " which has been presented as the political restructuring of socialism , is in fact a most savage … restoration of capitalism " . |