Example sentences of "[noun sg] of [adj] [noun] support the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is n't a great deal of historical precedent to support the view that patriarchy can be transformed by sweet reason and persuasion . |
| 2 | The floor was of bare earth , and a ring of wooden poles supported the roof . |
| 3 | Totally insignificant in themselves , the islands became a test case of American readiness to support the Taiwan government . |
| 4 | A graceful wigwam of rustic poles supports the display |
| 5 | Despite being an ignoramus , the dealer who lasted even a matter of weeks would have a certain animal intelligence , as well as the true smooth operator 's knack of twisting information to support the argument his firm insisted he presented . |
| 6 | A generous selection of auxiliary products support the range , including Gloss and Matt Mediums , a Gel Medium , an Acrylic Retarder to increase the working time of the colours , Gloss and Matt Acrylic Gesso Primer . |
| 7 | Pareto calls up an inevitably partial selection of historical evidence to support the view that elites are always present in any social system . |
| 8 | I suspect that a number of Conservative Members support the establishment of such a committee most likely the right Hon. Member for Kincardine and Deeside ( Mr. Buchanan-Smith ) and the Hon. Members for Dumfries ( Sir H. Monro ) and for Galloway and Upper Nithsdale ( Mr. Lang ) . |
| 9 | In the case of trends in tobacco smoking ( and by implication of trends in the diseases to which it contributes ) the sum of Australian experience supports the view that centrally coordinated action that is adequately funded and deliberately built on broad based support can speed the fall in smoking prevalence . |
| 10 | It is expensive but has a host of fine illustrations to support the 500-word pen-portraits . |
| 11 | But a report to Cleveland county councillors warns : ‘ There is a lack of substantive evidence to support the view that such projects significantly affect auto-crime . ’ |
| 12 | One may anticipate the conclusions of the following discussion of the fifteenth-century Muftilik by saying that while both traditions are less than satisfactory and while , in the present state of knowledge , there are questions of considerable importance which remain unresolved , on the particular point of the origins of the institution there is some evidence to support at least the broad outlines of the Mustakimzade tradition , however vexed the details may be ; whereas , on the other hand , not only is there a lack of positive evidence to support the Katib Celebi tradition , there is also a certain weight of evidence , largely of a negative nature , against it . |
| 13 | Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Dal ( BNP — Bangladesh Nationalist Party formed in 1978 by merger of right-of-centre groups supporting the then President Ziaur Rahman ( assassinated in 1981 ) ; Begum Khaleda Zia ch. ; Badruddoja Choudhry vice-ch . ) . |
| 14 | With some hesitation and comforted by the passage from the speech of Lord Hailsham L.C. [ in [ 1972 ] A.C. 741 at 757–758 ] , to which I have referred , I consider that the modern approach to the question of consideration would be that where there were benefits derived by each party to a contract of variation even though one party did not suffer a detriment this would not be fatal to the establishing of sufficient consideration to support the agreement . |