Example sentences of "their [noun sg] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The affair came to a head in a series of by-elections in the early 1930s in which the press barons gave their support to Empire Crusade candidates in their fight against the official Conservative central office candidates . |
| 32 | And again , because of the nature of the modern economy , these groups would in turn lend their support to pressures for further integration . |
| 33 | This may be the real meaning of their support for Iraq and Saddam Hussein . |
| 34 | Mr Ismet Sezgin , Turkish Interior Minister , who is visiting Damascus next week , said : ‘ I am going to warn the Syrians once and for all against their support for terrorism . ’ |
| 35 | I am sure that the hon. Gentleman is wrong , because the consultants and management were unanimous in their support for trust status for Larbert . |
| 36 | Other parents are just as vehement in their support for Lady Jane Grey . |
| 37 | Leaders of the Yatama Indian rebel alliance ( including Brooklyn Rivera , Wycliffe Diego and Steadman Fagoth Müller ) at the end of September signed a document confirming that they renounced the armed struggle ( although their fighters remained in the mountains ) and requested safe conduct to Nicaragua , at the same time announcing the formation of a new political party , and their support for Chamorro in the presidential elections . |
| 38 | Congregationalists at the 1899 May meetings gave a rapturous ovation to the American deputation to show their support for America 's ‘ high-minded purpose ’ . |
| 39 | And the Shadow Education Shec , Secretary , Jack Straw says Cabinet Ministers should show their support for State Education and stop sending their children to private schools . |
| 40 | In the 1922 General Election , following the decision of the Conservatives to withdraw their support for Lloyd George , Liberal representation was further reduced to 116 . |
| 41 | On Aug. 23 fears of a power struggle heightened when the Katanga Gendarmes , a secessionist movement based in Angola , declared their support for Nguza and said that they were awaiting his orders to begin military operations in the country . |
| 42 | It pledges their support for efforts to protect the Stockton Darlington Railway Line . |
| 43 | Her Bruges speech in the autumn of 1988 , drafted by Charles Powell , which attacked the notion of ‘ a United States of Europe ’ , aroused much controversy , though the ‘ Bruges group ’ of right-wing historians and others declared their support for Mrs Thatcher 's stand . |
| 44 | These results are therefore not unequivocal in their support for sign coding . |
| 45 | Green parties in Belgium have obtained government promises to introduce environmental taxes in return for their support for measures to introduce a new federal constitution . |
| 46 | UK Prime Minister John Major and Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary Douglas Hurd both emphasized their support for Patten 's reform package during meetings with Zhu on Nov. 17 . |
| 47 | We have encouraged the governments of Britain and the USA to reconsider their support for Indonesia 's notorious Transmigration Programme . |
| 48 | After the Cabinet reshuffle in July 1989 and her press office 's rubbishing of the significance of the title deputy prime minister for Geoffrey Howe , Conservative back-benchers went out of their way to show their support for Sir Geoffrey Howe in the House of Commons . |
| 49 | Now that the leaders of the conspiracy had been condemned , the remaining uncommitted Khans were falling over themselves to declare their support for Artai , their reservations suppressed . |
| 50 | The five smaller parties represented in the new ‘ coalition government ’ yesterday withdrew their support for Mr Krenz , saying they did not believe his assurances that he was unaware of the large-scale corruption among the previous communist leadership . |
| 51 | The five smaller parties represented in the new ‘ coalition government ’ yesterday withdrew their support for Mr Krenz , saying they did not believe his assurances that he was unaware of the large-scale corruption among the previous Communist leadership . |
| 52 | The five smaller parties represented in the new ‘ coalition government ’ yesterday withdrew their support for Mr Krenz , saying they did not believe his assurances that he was unaware of the large-scale corruption among the previous communist leadership of which he was a vital part . |
| 53 | While an overwhelming number of Scottish Labour MPs contacted by The Scotsman this week underlined their support for Mr Clarke , some of his original supporters indicated they would not support him in the shadow cabinet elections later this year . |
| 54 | Out of 23 Scottish Labour MPs , 14 expressed their support for Mr Clarke , four felt he should stand down and one was undecided . |
| 55 | The British Government have lagged in their support for events in Europe and have not been so enthusiastic as our European partners . |
| 56 | AS THE general election campaign gets under way , leading Cleveland councillors marked yesterday 's Vote for Democracy Day by pledging their support for democracy in South Africa . |
| 57 | He and President Jawara of Gambia pledged their support for trade liberalization within the Economic Community of West African States ( ECOWAS ) and noted with satisfaction the release of African National Congress deputy president Nelson Mandela . |
| 58 | On June 15 the military expressed their support for Gen. Chaovalit by appointing him as a special adviser to the Internal Security Command , the Supreme Command , and the combined armed forces . |
| 59 | But this has not meant that those industries have withdrawn their support for museums here . |
| 60 | However , all the leading architectural journals were vociferous in their support for Scott . |