Example sentences of "in support of the [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jimmy Knapp , leader of the National Union of Railwaymen , argues that his members who took action in support of the miners during the coal strike had a genuine interest in the fight to keep pits open : fewer mines mean fewer coal trains . |
| 2 | They had come in support of the constabulary , who had come in support of the agents of the landlord , a certain Mrs. Pedelty . |
| 3 | You 're saying that you 're er fully in support of the trials of war criminals in this country as long as the evidence is good enough , as long as the evidence is convincing prima facie evidence ? |
| 4 | By July he was flight Lieutenant and part of the detachment operating from Malta in support of the operations in Sicily . |
| 5 | Already in Catalonia , Campoverde , a self-appointed general , had staged a popular pronunciamiento in support of the claims of an elected congress against the ‘ egoism of the rich ’ represented by the Provincial Junta . |
| 6 | He gave evidence in support of the claims of the tenantry before the Bessborough commission ( 1880 ) but he had already come to prominence when he performed brilliantly as an expert witness on canon law in the celebrated O'Keefe law case in 1875 . |
| 7 | He was certainly in the earl 's service by 1267 , when he was one of those who advised him to occupy London in support of the claims of the ‘ disinherited ’ and was given a safe conduct to bring a message from the earl to the king . |
| 8 | The position is in the instrumentation group and involves design and maintenance work , and work in support of the activities of the In-house experimental groups and the visiting groups . |
| 9 | But the CGT technicians ' section came out in support of the students for workers ' control . |
| 10 | The C. and A.G. , after satisfying himself that the vouchers have been examined and certified as correct by the accounting department , may , in his discretion and having regard to the character of the departmental examination , in any particular case admit the sum so certified without further evidence of payment in support of the charges to which they relate … ‘ |