Example sentences of "[prep] support [prep] [art] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rallies , demonstrations and strikes were reported on Jan. 4-6 in a number of towns and cities in support of the nationalists ' demands , and on Jan. 5 there was a general strike in Kurdzhali and in the nearby city of Khaskovo . |
| 2 | Incidentally , much of its work was done in support of the Citizens ' Advice Bureaux , erm , in which it helped develop er , computer applications , and also it had the courage to organise a major AIDS conference . |
| 3 | These figures were produced in support of the employers ' position in the course of a bitter wage dispute ; the weavers claimed that on some types of cloth they could hardly make 4d ( 2p ) a day . |
| 4 | On Sept. 30 , ramblers all over Britain joined in demonstrations and acts of trespass in support of the Ramblers ' Association Forbidden Britain Day campaign . |
| 5 | Mr Sillars , calling for the retention of the party 's principles , implicitly sanctioned the campaign to overturn the executive 's statement in support of the MPs ' decision to vote with the Government in the Commons last week . |
| 6 | Two days later the official trade union movement , the Mozambique Workers ' Organization , previously silent on the strikes , came out in support of the workers ' actions , saying : " We consider that most of the strikers ' grievances are justified . " |