Example sentences of "support for " in BNC.
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| 31 | 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 . |
| 32 | Support for bill to outlaw hackers . |
| 33 | Support for students will rise by £134 million in the next three years , allowing for an increase of 6,000 students next year and 8,000 in 1991-92 . |
| 34 | Our immediate response must be the development of a global monitoring system , including coastal gauges and satellites ; support for global ocean and atmosphere studies ; and initial analyses of local vulnerability . |
| 35 | But fluent readers were sometimes under-challenged and support for poor readers not always adequate . |
| 36 | Support for the Greens may have shrunk but it was still at the same level as the Liberal Democrats ’ , the third party in Parliament , so perhaps Ms Cooke was unduly downcast . |
| 37 | As Mr Michael Dukakis found to his cost in 1988 , voters equate opposition to the death penalty with being soft on crime , support for it with being tough . |
| 38 | Mr Abdul Halim Arshat , the secretary-general of Malaysia 's leading Islamic political party , has claimed that ‘ support for Iraq is necessary as the real motive of the US is to kill off the Muslims in Baghdad and to destroy the city . ’ |
| 39 | Support for the war has been strong . |
| 40 | Support for a round table is also building among Mr Gorbachev 's men . |
| 41 | Whether tax was covered by the review or not , there were still decisions to be taken on such fundamental issues as the future of the pensions system , support for low-income families , and the special payments system which was breaking down . |
| 42 | The argument that Labour should not organise in Northern Ireland because there would be little support for it is particularly unprincipled . |
| 43 | In January 1937 it patched together a new ‘ united front ’ campaign in association with the ILP , the Communists , the Left Book Club and Tribune , around a programme of defence for the Spanish Republic , opposition to rearmament by the National government , support for the struggles of the unemployed and the affiliation of the Communist Party and the ILP to the Labour Party . |
| 44 | Support for the Republican government was widespread throughout all the social classes and across the political spectrum . |
| 45 | However , support for the Unionist Party was neither total nor uncritical . |
| 46 | The undertaking of the welfare of illegitimate children of soldiers who had been killed , the organization of accommodation and support for those evacuated from the western borders of the Reich already in autumn 1939 , or the administration of packages to be sent to relatives at the Front , were all tasks which fell to the Nazi welfare organization , the NSV . |
| 47 | For the committed exponents of Nazi rule , Hitler 's public statements on the destruction of the Jews provided sanction and legitimation for their own ‘ private initiatives ’ taken against Jews , backing and support for their own involvement in the escalating criminality of the regime . |
| 48 | 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 . |
| 49 | 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 . |
| 50 | Labour believes it can still secure a clear breakthrough over the next three days and plans to concentrate on its key themes : support for the public services , particularly the NHS , and measures to pull the economy out of recession . |
| 51 | Nor is it clear that support for proportional representation would win votes : in the ITN exit poll , 52 per cent said they preferred the present system , including 45 per cent of those who voted Labour . |
| 52 | 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 . |
| 53 | The union affirmed its opposition to 100 per cent coursework and support for a 20 to 70 per cent limit . |
| 54 | Thus during the autumn of 1938 , support for the District by the two new resident tutors in Essex and Norfolk was assured and known to both the Cambridge Board and to the WEA . |
| 55 | The Secretary of the Federation , C. G. A. Watts complained bitterly to Jacques about the recent decline in the provision of , and support for , liberal adult education courses in the county . |
| 56 | Support for the family 's own pedagogical tasks remains the avowed cornerstone of the Act . |
| 57 | ( II ) SUPPORT FOR THE EDUCATIONAL ROLE OF THE FAMILY ( SS. 16–21 ) |
| 58 | ( III ) SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN IN NURSERIES , PRE-SCHOOL UNITS , DAY-CARE CENTRES ETC . |
| 59 | There also seems to be a parallel development towards smaller scale residential provisions ( see Colton , 1988 ) , coupled with similar calls for improved training and more adequate supervision and support for care workers , and the provision of after care . |
| 60 | Support for the aged warrior extended as far north as Angouleme and seemed to present a serious threat to Frankish rule in Aquitaine . |