Example sentences of "[adj] support for " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reports continued of tacit Iranian support for the Soviet Moslem republics [ see p. 38409 ] . |
| 2 | Engineering geological support for onshore survey projects will be maintained . |
| 3 | In the previous June when Marplan asked the same question , 35 per cent expressed support for opting out . |
| 4 | Landsbergis on May 2 expressed support for the idea of Franco-German mediation , and said that some of the laws passed since the March 11 independence declaration could be frozen , but that the declaration itself was sacrosanct . |
| 5 | Baker and Shevardnadze also examined progress on , and expressed support for , the talks mediated by Portugal aimed at settling the conflict in Angola [ see pp. 37643 ; 37702 ; 37842 ; 37910 ] . |
| 6 | Finance Ministers from the Group of 24 ( G-24 ) developing countries who met in Washington on April 28 expressed support for the World Bank 's reaffirmation of its commitment to make poverty reduction " a priority objective " in its lending operations . |
| 7 | Chinese Premier Li Peng on Sept. 8 expressed support for the East Asia Economic Grouping ( EAEG ) plan , proposed by Malaysia , saying that the planned grouping was vital in view of increasing economic protectionist practices . |
| 8 | A final statement on Sept. 10 expressed support for joint Arab action under the aegis of the Arab League , and for the Middle East peace process , for nuclear and chemical weapons non-proliferation treaties , for Iraq 's territorial integrity ( while criticizing Iraq for noncompliance with UN resolutions ) , and for the UAE in its territorial dispute with Iran . |
| 9 | Yet the means he employs seem to contradict these aims : reconciling his removal of benefits from 16 and 17 year olds , for instance , with his expressed support for the family , is an exercise to test even the wisest . |
| 10 | It is clear that in both Australia and New Zealand there is a continuing ferment arising from conflicting support for the old or the new . |
| 11 | This featured support for Gorbachev 's idea of a " common European home " and Mitterrand 's vision of a European confederation [ see p. 37724 ] , and committed France to assisting Soviet economic reform . |
| 12 | Effective involvement in the future may depend not only on more extensive support for user representatives but on overhauling the planning process . |
| 13 | The fact that several provincial towns reported pope-burnings in November 1714 and 1715 should make us question how extensive support for the Jacobite position was at this time . |
| 14 | The determining factor in rallying some francophone countries ' previously hesitant support for this hardline Nigerian approach , according to observers , had been the US State Department 's decision to withdraw the US ambassador to Burkina after a strong protest at that country 's alleged military aid to Taylor . |
| 15 | On Feb. 27 the EC Commission agreed on its proposals for agricultural support for the 1991/92 EC agricultural year starting on April 1 . |
| 16 | Regional Support for Teacher Research The Robert Reid Fellowships |
| 17 | The strong rural support for the Party is recognized by a call for ‘ a realistic return for the farming community , with special measures to offset the disadvantages , especially in the intensive livestock sector , resulting from our isolation from Great Britain ’ . |
| 18 | This outpouring of private support for culture is a truly American tradition . |
| 19 | In March 1986 a BBC monitor report told of demonstrations in Tehran by students and others , ostensibly Gulf Arab nationals , protesting against Kuwaiti and Saudi support for the Iraqi war effort . |
| 20 | Once accorded head-of-state treatment throughout the Arab world , Mr Arafat has been in sharply reduced circumstances since his ill-judged support for Saddam Hussein during the Gulf crisis . |
| 21 | ‘ The 1964 Company intends to be well to the fore in providing solutions which encourage the broadest possible support for this most exciting project . ’ |
| 22 | The GDR 's borders are now open , and the Government in Bonn poised to jump in with massive economic support for the process of political reform as it develops . |
| 23 | That argument certainly would be supported by evidence about migration to Britain , where brothers already settled are an important source of work contacts and economic support for new migrants ( Oakley , 1979 ; Anwar , 1985 ) . |
| 24 | Japanese policy everywhere was governed by one overriding consideration , namely the degree to which a country could be made to provide political and economic support for Japan 's war effort . |
| 25 | It will be necessary over the next decade or two to provide countries like Kenya with much more economic support for their rural populations , particularly those adjacent to the national parks and wilderness areas , while an effective long-term strategy for sustainable development is worked out . |
| 26 | The main features of the budget were : ( i ) increases in spending on the police force , the judiciary system , culture , and foreign aid ( to accommodate greater economic support for emerging democracies in Eastern Europe ) ; ( ii ) cuts in defence spending ; and ( iii ) the extension of parental leave on full pay from 12 to 15 months . |
| 27 | He urged them to back the Brady plan , pointing to the socio-political unrest that might follow the failure to provide economic support for strategically important developing countries . |
| 28 | The most striking support for Saddam Hussein has probably come from the Palestinian population of the Israeli-occupied territories . |
| 29 | He knew that a conspiracy ( exposed with the maximum publicity ) to murder the king and Parliament in one horrific holocaust would cause public opinion to recoil into solid support for the less than popular James I and himself . |
| 30 | I can certainly see no future prosperity while there is intervention and absurd support for beef under the special beef premium scheme , which is simply a further incentive to produce what the market does not want , either in quantity or quality . |