Example sentences of "[vb -s] [verb] [pron] support for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Prime Minister has shown his support for the Heritage Minister , David Mellor , in spite of recent reports about his private life . |
| 2 | COMEDIAN Griff Rhys-Jones has pledged his support for a £200,000 appeal to improve a new nature reserve on the banks of the Stour estuary . |
| 3 | LABOUR candidate Paddy Cosgrove has pledged his support for a fight against opencast mining at Holywell on the edge of the constituency . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Thierry has declared his support for Dallapiccola ; but there are signs that Pugachev may be about to break off his ‘ Long Courtship ’ of Guizot . |
| 6 | Yesterday 's board meeting issued a statement which said : ‘ The board of MGN has reaffirmed its support for the business policies , previously adopted unanimously by the board , for the future of the group . ’ |
| 7 | Former EC environment commissioner Carlo Ripa di Meana has expressed his support for opponents of the extension of the M3 through Twyford Down in Hampshire , saying the road project was a " brutal and unneeded monster " . |