Example sentences of "support for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Independent test laboratory LANQuest has found that support for a new protocol can be added to a 100-node Boundary Router network in under 10% the time taken on a network routed by standard means , says 3Com . |
| 2 | Support for a new electoral system has developed since the mid-1970s , encompassing academics and politicians . |
| 3 | Support for a fixed Channel link soon emerged as a prime candidate for assistance although the British and French governments remained committed to the idea of a privately financed tunnel . |
| 4 | Support for a round table is also building among Mr Gorbachev 's men . |
| 5 | Support for a ratified Maastricht Treaty , which included the social dimension , had equally been stated in the Liberal Democrats ' general election manifesto . |
| 6 | The Government concedes that subsidies for loss-making services must be maintained , but support for a radical change in the way the railways are run and financed has come from several large private companies , including Richard Branson 's Virgin Group , which is drawing up plans to run trains on key InterCity routes . |
| 7 | But he dreamed of a free Namibia , and asked the conference to send Swapo a message of solidarity and support for a massive victory in a free Namibian election . |
| 8 | Support for the aged warrior extended as far north as Angouleme and seemed to present a serious threat to Frankish rule in Aquitaine . |
| 9 | However , support for the Unionist Party was neither total nor uncritical . |
| 10 | Would not it be a good idea if the United Kingdom , instead of embarking on the Trident programme , abandoned it and withdrew Polaris to demonstrate our solidarity and support for the vast majority of the world 's nations which are signatories to the United Nations nuclear non-proliferation treaty ? |
| 11 | Nó0honshugi was a combination of physiocratic theories , support for the traditional values of village society and structure , and a belief in the spiritual values of rural life . |
| 12 | Support for the exiled King was greatest amongst Catholic recusants and immigrant Irish in the north , who played a prominent role in the plots of the 1690s . |
| 13 | Nationally , although Gallup figures show that more women than men are intending to vote for Mr Ashdown 's party , support for the Liberal Democrat leader himself is equally divided between the sexes . |
| 14 | Yeltsin and Gorbachev had held separate meetings with military commanders on Dec. 11 , apparently in an attempt to ensure armed forces support for the new Commonwealth . |
| 15 | Support for the new governors undertaking the management was without equal . |
| 16 | Figure 5.3 shows support for the Equal Rights Amendment ( ERA ) to the United States Constitution , proposed in 1972 but never ratified because although it passed through both houses of Congress it did not receive the positive vote of three-quarters of the State Legislatures within seven years , as required by the Constitution . |
| 17 | At each location the network provides enough support for the front-line unit to operate . |
| 18 | Among the masters the move to destroy unions spread ; and support for the Grand National Consolidated Trade Union , not yet fully organised and unable to sustain its members through the ensuing series of strikes and lock-outs , rapidly faded away . |
| 19 | On the face of it then , the direct evidence from sample surveys of businessmen 's expectations seems to provide very little , if any , support for the rational expectations hypothesis . |
| 20 | Studies using those that do exist provide little support for the rational expectations hypothesis . |
| 21 | There is not , of course , any serious evidence that kin support for the elderly is declining , despite the persistent myth that it is . |
| 22 | Mrs Chamorro appealed for close international scrutiny and support for the electoral process , and for observers to be sent to Nicaragua from unions and professional groups , as well as the UN and the OAS . |
| 23 | Support for the European Communities ( EC ) was becoming generally stronger since the EC was seen as a means of integrating a united Germany into western Europe and maintaining the influence of the smaller countries . |
| 24 | The Liberal Democrat manifesto promised : ( i ) support for the European Community 's planned energy tax , the revenue from which would be used to fund environmental and other measures ; ( ii ) a 30 per cent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions by 2005 ; ( iii ) the creation of a Department of Natural Resources and an independent Environmental Protection Agency ; ( iv ) grants for recycling schemes , home insulation and similar measures ; ( v ) the introduction of pollution licences for factories , with upper limits on the amount of pollutants they could produce ; and ( vi ) the phasing out of nuclear power stations . |
| 25 | Effective school management uses external initiatives as a prompt to and support for the logical next stage of a school 's development . |
| 26 | Support for the Irish as a means to liberate the English remained consistent . |
| 27 | In a keynote address on July 15 , Major called on G-7 leaders to " build a world partnership and strengthen international order " by adopting a five-point plan covering global arms control , a strengthened UN , international free trade , support for the democratic movements in eastern Europe and the Soviet Union , and increased trade with these countries . |
| 28 | As far as heads were concerned , coordinators needed from them a properly negotiated version of the Authority 's job specification , support for the difficult tasks they were required to undertake , and a preparedness to include them within the team of senior staff involved in the development of policy . |
| 29 | Other related activities include membership of a westen European EDIFACT board and support for the British Standards Institution 's EDI activities . |
| 30 | Had the recession been staved off for longer , support for the Scottish Nationalists — now at 31 p.c. in the polls and only seven points behind Labour — might not have been as strong . |