Example sentences of "declared [pron] support for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | China declared its support for the international ban on the importation of African ivory in June last year . |
| 2 | On Aug. 23 seven of the 12 political organizations which had initially supported Pascal-Trouillot 's appointment declared their support for the Council of State and demanded the postponement of the elections until such time as the safety of voters could be guaranteed . |
| 3 | But miners in Russia 's biggest coalfield , Kuzbass in western Siberia , declared their support for the embattled president and threatened to strike . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | She had recently changed her mind and in a moving and closely argued speech declared her support for the combined system . |
| 6 | Mr Baker declared his support for the EC ‘ taking on increasingly important political roles ’ . |
| 7 | In May 1916 Woodrow Wilson , the US President , declared his support for the idea of a League of Nations . |
| 8 | Nevertheless , he regarded himself as " deaf and dumb " , declared his support for the retention of this phrase and tried to counter the arguments for its abandonment . |
| 9 | Hekmatyar , who had suspended his participation in the mujaheddin government-in-exile in August 1989 [ see also p. 37354 ] , declared his support for the coup at a press conference in Islamabad on March 6 . |
| 10 | On May 13 Don W. Wilson — who , as the head of the National Archives and Records Administration , was generally accepted as the custodian of the Constitution — declared his support for the validity of the measure and stated that he was preparing to certify its adoption as the 27th Amendment . |