Example sentences of "in support of [noun pl] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is for the councils to determine how they distribute funding , but the Bill gives the councils wide powers to be used in support of students with special education needs . |
| 2 | BGS 's approach to urban geochemistry is both flexible and multidisciplinary , and can be oriented both towards the solution of specific problems and to large-scale systematic surveys in support of programmes for urban improvement , industrial and urban renewal , and planning . |
| 3 | The approach developed by BGS is both flexible and multidisciplinary and can be oriented either towards the solution of specific problems or to large-scale systematic surveys in support of programmes for urban improvement , industrial and urban renewal and planning . |
| 4 | Kim Dae Jung , head of the main opposition Party for Peace and Democracy ( PPD ) , began a hunger strike on Oct. 8 in support of demands for greater social and economic justice , the implementation of local autonomy measures , the dissolution of the DSC and the abandonment of plans to transform the current presidential political system into Cabinet government . |
| 5 | In June 1991 thousands of women went on a one-day strike in support of demands for equal pay and treatment in employment [ see p. 38299 ] . |
| 6 | The strike was in support of demands for better pay and conditions following unsuccessful negotiations with TCL . |
| 7 | April and May 1991 saw a series of rallies across the country organized by Civic Alliance in support of demands for the resignation of Iliescu and the government , and on May 16 there was a protest strike by 800,000 Romanian farm and food industry workers in support of demands for higher wages . |
| 8 | A general strike was held on Jan. 8 in support of demands for higher wages and pensions , new measures to combat unemployment , and protection for workers during the privatisation of state industries . |
| 9 | More than 5,000 striking civil servants demonstrated in Cotonou on May 12 in support of demands for higher wages and the regularization of their working conditions , and in protest against government control of the media and restrictions on the right to strike ; the government responded by assuring the strikers that their wage demands would be met as soon as the budget had been voted on . |
| 10 | The Federation of Venezuelan Workers ( CTV ) and other trade union organizations on Nov. 7 staged a 12-hour general strike in support of demands for 30 per cent pay increases to keep pace with the cost of living , a reduction in the price of petrol , and changes in economic policy . |