Example sentences of "and [pron] supporters " in BNC.

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31 For Mrs Whitehouse and her supporters , publications such as this were dangerous not only because of their sexual content , but because of their political stance .
32 The 1960s seemed to her , and her supporters , to be a watershed in the history of Christianity .
33 On 26 October the queen and her supporters had issued a proclamation at Bristol declaring that since the king had deserted the realm , presumably by fleeing to Glamorgan , Prince Edward was to be Reeper of the Realm , and the prince issued writs in his father 's name summoning parliament for 15 December .
34 Thatcher and her supporters ’ seem intent on doing to the NHS what they have done to other public services such as gas and water .
35 Daily scenes of confrontations outside the Grunwick works between the pickets and their supporters ( sometimes not members of unions at all ) and police cordons dominated television news coverage .
36 It was the revolutionaries who were the villains , the Royals and their supporters the good and kind and handsome heroes .
37 The atmosphere is relaxed and friendly as the marchers and their supporters wind down after a hard day .
38 Non-party seats would go to the Forum and their supporters .
39 It was arranged as a grandiose meeting of fascists and their supporters , in anticipation of a triumphant mass meeting at the White City , London , in August .
40 Arthur Henderson , Ernest Bevin , Dr Hugh Dalton , Clement Attlee , and their supporters , favoured disarmament based upon collective security .
41 The three Free Presbyterian ministers and their supporters heckled Soper 's open-air meeting in Ballymena so persistently that the police had to intervene and the meeting was abandoned .
42 Mr Scargill said miners and their supporters should vote Labour to ‘ dump ’ the Tories .
43 Mere are many ways in which governments and their supporters can prevent these methods from being effective , but they can not work at all if the opposition has no real procedural opportunity to apply real scrutiny , nor if its efforts do not arouse the media of information and public opinion .
44 The outcome of the dispute was hailed by the parents and their supporters as a victory for the rights of parents .
45 The Purnells and their supporters owned land on the proposed route of the canal and were able to delay the construction , as well as ultimately extract the highest price paid for any of the land between the Severn and Stroud .
46 If this extraordinary statement involved a blindness to reality , it provided no warning of the storm of anger and abuse which my series of articles in The Times was to generate among Israelis and their supporters in Britain .
47 But after Acklam Hall and Southall , where serious riots occurred as a direct result of the presence of these bands and their supporters , little more was heard of the new skinhead music .
48 A reception will be held for the runners and their supporters at the English Wine Centre .
49 The conflict within the student body has reflected the growing political importance of the Contras and their supporters , who have formed their own student organization , Nicaragua Democratic Youth-Democratic Students Front ( JDN-FED ) .
50 The service over , the Covenanters and their supporters moved off towards Drumclog on the Strathaven road .
51 On the afternoon of 11 April , when the news of the impending annulment was announced , word went out to all growers in the Marne and their supporters .
52 His request caused even more anger amongst the families and their supporters .
53 In the ensuing campaign , Thorne , Jones and their supporters exploited populist rhetoric on the war .
54 This combination of grassroots campaigning and legitimate participation in whatever channels as were available overwhelmed the mining companies and their supporters .
55 They are concerned with what is perceived to be ‘ right ’ for individual old people and their supporters and what degree of professional responsibility and organisational accountability the workers have for such people .
56 Villagers were asked to point out rebels and their supporters .
57 Its predominantly black and brown members have virtually nothing to offer a united body other than themselves and their supporters .
58 West Indians and their supporters were substantially correct in their suspicions .
59 The opinion polls show the Socialists well in the lead , and their supporters are apparently twice as determined to turn out and vote on election day as New Democracy 's are .
60 The principles of normalisation relate to a style of living towards which people with learning difficulties and their supporters can aspire .
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