Example sentences of "[verb] [pos pn] support for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Soviet spokesmen warned the non-aligned states against succumbing to Western attempts to secure their support for American Rapid Deployment Forces . |
| 2 | Reformers who advocated social welfare regulation were motivated by ideals , but also by the desire to improve the productivity of the working class and to attract its support for particular political causes . |
| 3 | In particular , they want the DTI to increase its support for such research by a factor of four , from £26 million ( US$ ; 38 million ) to £100 million a year . |
| 4 | But a new EC directive is in danger of denying our support for some of the most exciting organic wines . |
| 5 | It abrogated the treaty with Britain , affirmed its support for Arab nationalism , and turned to other Arab regimes for the subsidies necessary for the Jordanian economy . |
| 6 | It was the time when many stars started to come out of the political closet and openly voiced their support for one candidate or another . |
| 7 | China was more reserved , expressing its support for some of the principles in the declaration . |
| 8 | For her part Thatcher reiterated her support for rapid admission of the new East European democracies to the EC ( many observers suggested that she saw enlargement as a way of halting moves towards EC political and monetary union ) . |
| 9 | Worse still , they openly proclaimed their support for violent and seditious movements designed to overturn the political , social and diplomatic bases on which world order rested . |
| 10 | In general , then , newspapers do usually align themselves with certain political parties and do show their support for political party programmes and policies in a variety of ways , some stronger than others . |
| 11 | Under the agreement Spain declared its support for full Hungarian membership of the EC as soon as possible . |
| 12 | At the Birmingham summit EC leaders confirmed their support for early ratification of the Treaty without renegotiation , and sought to introduce greater transparency into the working of the EC in order to win the support of citizens , especially in Denmark and the UK where there was greatest opposition to ratification . |
| 13 | Although there was no mention of specific measures to stabilize currencies , ministers " reaffirmed their support for economic policy co-ordination at this critical time " and agreed " to monitor developments in exchange markets " . |
| 14 | The leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats , Jim Wallace , and Mr Salmond both pointedly reaffirmed their support for last year 's democracy declaration which called for the reconvening of the Scottish parliament . |
| 15 | The all-party talks on Oct. 12 proved inconclusive , and on Oct. 29 the SLFP withdrew its support for such talks , claiming that it had lost confidence in the government 's will to solve the country 's problems and that none of the opposition proposals had been put into effect . |
| 16 | Today Andrew Smith , MP for Oxford east , Bruce Kent , prospective parliamentary candidate for Oxford west and Abingdon and Oxford authoress Margaret Drabble among many other well-known figures , showed their support for this measure in a full page newspaper advertisement . |
| 17 | If reinsurers receive further adverse experience on political risk , they may withdraw their support for this class . |
| 18 | Mr Smith , who served in the Callaghan Cabinet in the late 1970s , reaffirmed his support for Scottish devolution and for constitutional reform , including the introduction of a Bill of Rights . |
| 19 | Subsequently , however , under pressure from more radical mujaheddin groups , Mujjaddedi withdrew his support for Soviet-mujaheddin talks , and on Oct. 28 the Bakhtar Information Agency in Kabul announced that Borhanuddin Rabani , rather than Mujadedi , was to head a delegation of Afghan opposition groups to Moscow at the end of October or beginning of November . |
| 20 | Councillors also expressed their support for proposed improvements to the tennis club facilities . |
| 21 | The Libyan leader , Gaddafi , expressed his support for Soviet proposals to safeguard international peace during a visit to Moscow in April 1981 . |
| 22 | In the 1976 Stevens Lecture , the Archbishop of Canterbury expressed his support for this as a moral principle . |
| 23 | In the culmination of a week of street unrest , the Moneda presidential palace was the scene of violent clashes on Nov. 12 when the security forces moved to disperse protesters demonstrating their support for four political prisoners critically ill in hospital after a six-week hunger strike . |
| 24 | Does he agree that when terrorists inflict danger and disruption on ordinary people anywhere — in Britain , Northern Ireland or anywhere else — they are not so much demonstrating their support for any cause as demonstrating their hatred and opposition to every community ? |
| 25 | THE future of the Princes Street Mile road race in Edinburgh is in doubt amid fears that the chief sponsors of last year 's inaugural race may substantially cut their support for this year 's event . |
| 26 | The Chancellor also took the opportunity to nuance his support for German reunification in ways which will reassure those fearful that precipitate moves to unification might unsettle the Soviet Union and threaten the improvement in East-West relations . |
| 27 | Up to 500,000 people marched through Washington DC on April 3 to demonstrate their support for continued access to legal abortion . |
| 28 | Several of the North-East top stars have already pledged their support for this first-ever competition on the venue which boasts over £4,000 prize money plus pools and trophies . |
| 29 | Earlier , on May 28 , President Bush had announced his support for unconditional extension of MFN status . |
| 30 | ‘ He deserves our support for that . ’ |