Example sentences of "[pron] support for the [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Baker visited Saudi Arabia and Jordan on July 20-21 and both King Fahd and King Hussein announced their support for the US plan and for the Egyptian initiative . |
| 2 | The Articles shown in this catalogue are intended for all to show their support for the ANC 's principled stand against Apartheid and for a new unitary democratic non-racial South Africa . |
| 3 | Loyalist intransigence was bolstered not only by the new IRA campaign but also by the actions of three leading Fianna Fáil politicians in the South who were open and vocal in their support for the IRA . |
| 4 | On Feb. 19 an estimated 5,000-8,000 miners from the Jiul Valley area arrived in Bucharest to show their support for the NSF and promised Iliescu that they would get rid of the " hooligans " . |
| 5 | Miners ( who had come to Bucharest once before , in February , to demonstrate their support for the NSF — see p. 37252 ) were brought into Bucharest by truck , train and bus in the early hours of June 14 . |
| 6 | And when Parliament eventually turned back the tide of opposition to Eyre and voted financial support to the former Governor , it was poetically appropriate that those who had been most vocal in their support for the Garotter 's Act — such as Mr Adderley and the rampant Colonel North — should be in the thick of it again , shouting their praise for Eyre 's loyalty to the Crown and his firm action that had saved a colony . |
| 7 | Of the 45 Smallholder deputies 33 ( led by Gyula Pasztor ) were expelled from the party , prompting them to call a mini-congress on Feb. 22 in Budapest , attended by nearly 4,000 supporters who reaffirmed their support for the Antall government . |
| 8 | Finally , thank you to all those readers who wrote from smallholdings all over Britain expressing their support for the John McCarthy campaign . |
| 9 | ANDES 21 de junio ( Asociacion Nacional de Educadores Salvadorenos ) is a founder member of the BPR and openly expresses its support for the FDR-FMLN , while both the state and the Catholic universities have been consistent critics of the lack of democratic and civil liberties and have argued cogently for the need for social and economic reforms . |
| 10 | Reaffirmed its support for the Palestine Liberation Organisation as the ‘ sole legitimate representative ’ of the Palestinian people and stated that it should play a full role in a UN conference to negotiate a settlement to the Middle East conflict . |
| 11 | I was a member of AMMA for eight years and I understand its concerns , but I have quoted the brief which shows its support for the Bill 's underlying aims . |
| 12 | A further factor aiding China 's rehabilitation was its support for the UN peace plan for Cambodia . |
| 13 | A " Coalition of Ethiopian Democratic Forces " ( CEDF — founded in the United States on April 15-17 by long-established opponents of the regime including the Ethiopian People 's Revolutionary Party and the Ethiopian Democratic Union ) announced on April 24 its support for the Shengo 's initiative . |
| 14 | Mr Baker declared his support for the EC ‘ taking on increasingly important political roles ’ . |
| 15 | Baker travelled to Egypt on July 19 for talks with Mubarak , who expressed his support for the US plan , as did the visiting Lebanese Foreign Minister Faris Buwayz . |
| 16 | Even though the hon. Gentleman occasionally speaks with forked tongue — and , as we shall see later , his views are not shared by his Front-Bench colleague , the hon. Member for Fife , Central ( Mr. McLeish ) — I welcome the fact that he proclaims his support for the TECs . |
| 17 | Field Marshal Lord Wavell was strong in his support for the S.A.S. He had commented that one should never allow oneself to be ‘ trammelled by the bonds of orthodoxy ’ . |