Example sentences of "[pron] support for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | EUROPEAN Community leaders will move quickly this week to reassure the Soviet Union that their support for the future ‘ unity ’ of the German people at the weekend EC summit is conditional on the maintenance of peace and stability in Europe . |
| 2 | Jeanette and Simon Edwards , who lost two babies in three years , want to show their support for the new group by giving it a cash boost . |
| 3 | They demonstrate this partially by their support for the two nationalist parties , Sinn Fein and the Social Democratic and Labour Party , though support for the latter does not necessarily imply nationalism . |
| 4 | But miners in Russia 's biggest coalfield , Kuzbass in western Siberia , declared their support for the embattled president and threatened to strike . |
| 5 | Knowles ( 1952 ) and Newton ( 1969 ) also illustrate differences between mining areas in both their strike-proneness and their support for the Communist Party . |
| 6 | IAN RUTHERFORD Taking steps : marchers take part in the demonstration in Dundee at the weekend showing their support for the 340 strikers sacked by Timex |
| 7 | While condemning " the Iraqi regime 's aggression " , however , the signatories underlined " their support for the Iraqi people " . |
| 8 | As the contribution of Britain to the UNHCR is very much greater than that of France or Germany , will my right hon. Friend encourage our European partners to increase their support for the vital work of refugee relief ? |
| 9 | Sylvia Hayes , an artist who had spent some time painting in Orkney , came from Oxford to show her support for the four families . |
| 10 | She had recently changed her mind and in a moving and closely argued speech declared her support for the combined system . |
| 11 | Trish voiced her support for the vice-presidential campaign of Gerlandine Ferraro . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | The ACCA is the only accountancy organisation to maintain its support for the small company audit . |
| 14 | But although the Criminal Law Revision Committee has declared its support for the present age of consent , its proposals concerning the mental element in sections 5 and 6 can serve only to undermine it . |
| 15 | Time Out has repeatedly pledged its support for the Famous Compere 's Policedog ( alternative cabaret event ) through sponsorship and advertising . |
| 16 | The large-scale youth unemployment coincided with a collapse in apprenticeship schemes as industry , in recession , withdrew its support for the part-time vocational courses that were the stock-in-trade of the further education colleges , many of whom had evolved from the old mechanics institutes . |
| 17 | The Arabian peninsula , unified within the GCC and its support for the multi-national force and the core for the proposed new security arrangements , now confronts a fragmented Levant and an increasingly hostile North Africa . |
| 18 | At the end of the debate , the House will give its support for the Prime Minister carrying on playing a full part in European evolution — an evolution about which we have been too hesitant for too long . |
| 19 | China declared its support for the international ban on the importation of African ivory in June last year . |
| 20 | The USSR noted ‘ with satisfaction ’ that ‘ Iran is expressing its support for the world-wide democratic international Non-Aligned Movement ’ . |
| 21 | At the extreme , if it turned out that one opinion was in a minority in every group or constituency mandating its one representative , then the gathering of representatives would be unanimous in its support for the other opinion , while the minority opinion would be entirely unrepresented , even though , in principle , it could be held by 49 per cent of those taking part in the mandating process . |
| 22 | TURKEY says it will ‘ seriously consider ’ attacking Kurdish guerrilla training camps in the Bekaa Valley unless Syria takes immediate and effective action to end its support for the Kurdish Workers ' Party ( PKK ) . |
| 23 | It 's now hoped that China having fallen into line with the other four , will end its support for the notorious Khmer Rouge guerrilla army . |
| 24 | He is said to have affirmed his support for the new fourth clause of the coronation oath at this time . |
| 25 | The speech outlining government policy at the opening of the parliamentary session was delivered by King Hussein himself — a move which was interpreted as underlining his support for the new government of Ibn Shaker . |
| 26 | Two centuries after Hale 's pronouncement , Pollock B. unequivocally expressed his support for the marital rape exemption in similar terms . |
| 27 | Mr Rifkind , the Transport Secretary , retained his Edinburgh Pentlands seat — a result seen as justifying Mr Major 's decision to confront demands for devolution and separation by emphasising his support for the continued union between Scotland and the rest of the UK . |
| 28 | I understand perfectly well why that should be so , as the hon. Member for Blackburn ( Mr. Straw ) made clear in the Second Reading debate his support for the higher education reforms , which account for quite a large part of the bulk of the latter part of the Bill . |
| 29 | I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman not only for the sympathy he expressed to the families of those killed and injured , but for his support for the courageous efforts of the security forces . |
| 30 | I and my right hon. Friend are grateful for his support for the underlying principle of the Bill . |