Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pron] support [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clearly they all function with the agreement of their management committees and funders , and within NACAB membership conditions , In fact NACAB has democratically voted its support for a broadening of roles , by reiterating in the new membership regulations the responsibility of the management committee for ensuring that bureau workers are trained in social policy work , and that they see it as a natural complement to bureau work when dealing with individual clients . |
| 2 | Nigel Short , who is taking a break in Greece , has already expressed his support for the contest 's being held in Manchester . |
| 3 | Two centuries after Hale 's pronouncement , Pollock B. unequivocally expressed his support for the marital rape exemption in similar terms . |
| 4 | The conventional wisdom was that the bulk of Perot 's supporters were dissatisfied Republicans who would eventually return their support to the party . |
| 5 | The Confederation of British Industry and Trades Union Congress have both given their support to a reduction in the male pension age , as have the House of Lords Select Committee on Unemployment ( 1982 ) and the House of Commons Select Committee on Social Services ( 1982 ) . |
| 6 | In the following two years French governments repeatedly reaffirmed their support for the EDC , but did not submit the treaty for ratification . |
| 7 | The small Democratic Socialist Party ( DSP ) — whose ideological position was to the right of the LDP — also pledged its support to the government . |
| 8 | The Security Council also confirmed its support for the role played by Pérez de Cuéllar , explicitly requesting him " to assist the two communities by making suggestions to facilitate the discussions " , and calling on both communities to co-operate with him " on an equal footing " . |
| 9 | Three Assembly members later withdrew their support from the motion . |
| 10 | BILLY BRAGG , who has also offered his support to the MAS campaign , gave this response : ‘ This is typical of the BBC to try and wriggle out of it . |
| 11 | Eleven regional electricity companies have also announced their support for the scheme , which may eventually be part funded by small surcharges on customers ' bills . |
| 12 | Time Out has repeatedly pledged its support for the Famous Compere 's Policedog ( alternative cabaret event ) through sponsorship and advertising . |
| 13 | HCIMA jointly awards the Level IV NVQ but has also pledged its support for the qualifications at Levels I-III . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | This new industrial bourgeoisie then threw their support behind the anti- slavery measures , not out of altruism , but out of their own economic self-interest , and this , asserted Williams , was THE decisive factor in the emancipation of the slaves . |
| 16 | On the outbreak of war one week later , the Communist Party hesitated and then reversed its support for the war into an appeal for a " people 's peace " . |
| 17 | Nothing in the South Ronaldsay community would approach normality for a very long time , and most people from the village and the surrounding community had turned out to discover for themselves what was happening , and then to lend their support to the stricken families . |
| 18 | He again pledged his support for a one-off meeting of MPs . |
| 19 | After the election the new government in November 1990 again expressed its support for the ban and confirmed that it remained in place . |
| 20 | The US stopped supporting Ho Chi Minh , believing him to be a puppet of the Chinese and instead gave their support to the French . |
| 21 | Mrs Thatcher has now rejected the ITTO as the international forum to save the tropical forests , instead throwing her support behind the UN 's Tropical Forest Action Plan being run from Rome . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | AT LEAST two ex-members of MICRODISNEY have this week publicly pledged their support to a newly-founded organisation dedicated to being obscure and not getting within sniffing distance of the Top 75 . |
| 24 | The Structure Plan Review ( to 2005 ) , under preparation , will not achieve significant levels of materiality until well after the initial Consultative Draft stage , indeed , until Lothian Regional Council has publicly determined its support for the premises , assumptions , forecasts , policies and proposals developed through the public participation process and subsequently supported by the Director of Planning . |