Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] support for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its attracts support for the Warnock majority proposal by implying that the pre-14 day embryo has an inferior moral worth to the post-14 day embryo . |
| 2 | A VOLUNTARY group which provides support for the families of people who have suffered brain injuries has launched an appeal to extend its day centre . |
| 3 | She rallies support for the endangered whale , catalogues underwater life and creates new devices in which to explore virgin sea worlds . |
| 4 | The victory of Gantt , a liberal who professed support for the right to abortion , and opposed the death penalty and high defence spending , meant that he would face Republican Jesse Helms , the right-wing conservative incumbent who , in his three terms in the Senate , had campaigned prominently against civil rights , federal spending and permissiveness . |
| 5 | A republic-wide vote was held on 30 March 1991 in which 90.3 per cent of the population were reported to have taken part , 98.9 per cent of whom expressed support for the restoration of Georgian independence ; following this , on 9 April , the Georgian parliament adopted a further resolution proclaiming the republic a fully independent state ( the act , for the moment , had little practical significance ) . |
| 6 | It will help her attract support for the Thatcher Foundation — the means by which she hopes to preserve her legacy . |
| 7 | But Hartington soon became alarmed at the plans to give increased powers to what he termed ‘ fanatical local authorities ’ , and he wrote to Rosebery asking him to withdraw support for the measures . |
| 8 | It confirmed support for the Federal Treaty [ see p. 38825 ] as " a constituent part of the [ future ] Russian Constitution " and the basis of nationalities policy . |
| 9 | The TCP/IP product is designed to integrate Windows for Workgroups with Unix-based local and wide area networks , enabling users to standardise on TCP/IP as their only protocol for workgroup computing and wide-area networking — it includes support for the Windows Sockets API . |