Example sentences of "[v-ing] support for [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , despite a varied programme there has been great difficulty in gathering support for the other functions and indeed the last one had to be cancelled . |
| 2 | During the afternoon meeting , several breaks were called to allow discussions between the various groupings to examine the three motions on the table : a strong attack on the MPs , calling on the executive not to endorse their actions ; a motion regretting their action , and the successful statement welcoming the concession wrung out of the Westminster system and pledging support for the parliamentary group . |
| 3 | He refused to rule out the military option , while Gorbachev stressed the need for a " political solution " and pointedly refrained from expressing support for a military move against Iraq . |
| 4 | Venezuelan President Carlos Andrés Pérez , expressing support for the Colombian government 's anti-drugs campaign , called for a " world war against drug trafficking " . |
| 5 | So lest any misunderstandings arrive that this is some thin end of some wedge , I should also add that the restriction we 're proposing only applies to national committees , does n't apply to any other office anywhere in the union and to reinforce that point the C E C will be recommending support for a general motion underlining the rights of people who are unemployed or retired to hold office throughout the G M B. |
| 6 | Kraemer and Roberts ( 1984 ) ( see also Kraemer and Ossenkopp 1986 ; Kraemer , Hoggman , and Spear 1988 ) have invoked results from a rather different experimental procedure in seeking support for the retrieval-failure account of latent inhibition . |
| 7 | Researchers do not normally look to accountants when seeking support for the imaginative leaps which have characterised the most major advances in science . |
| 8 | You should be feeling confident , bold and assertive now making this an ideal time for meeting your boss or bank manager and getting support for a new idea , concept or venture that you 're sure is a winner . |
| 9 | Donor states are aware that by providing support for the armed forces of one superpower their territory could become a target in the military operational planning of the other superpower . |
| 10 | After annexation Korea was seen as crucial in providing support for the Japanese economy and four times as much long-term capital was invested in Korea than in Taiwan . |
| 11 | X/Open chief technical officer , Mike Lambert says X/Open says is also providing support for the Petrotechnical Open Software Corporation , which is trying to get its own POSC branding scheme off the ground with the aim of harmonising IT standards within the oil industry . |
| 12 | Although the six cased their announcement as marking the end of the Unix GUI wars — and Sun chief Scott McNealy was finally heard uttering support for the dreaded ‘ M ’ word — reaction to the news was mixed . |
| 13 | Learning support for a specific child/children within the classroom . |
| 14 | The students in this respect were merely showing support for the official position and expressing their patriotism , but they went too far in their protest action . |