Example sentences of "[pron] support for " in BNC.
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| 61 | Electoral studies of the period show that an increasing number of people were making their support for one or other of the main parties conditional upon the calculation of ‘ rational self-interest ’ or ‘ governmental competence ’ , rather than basing their voting upon a ‘ class reflex ’ . |
| 62 | The association , all of whose members are required to sign a statement pledging their support for the use of animals in research , is planning to raise the issue with the Medical Research Council . |
| 63 | Following a mailing by Aldus to all registered users of the product an initial public meeting was held in London where over 100 potential members braved the pouring rain to confirm their support for the User Group . |
| 64 | 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 . |
| 65 | Alexei remembered how Tulagai and Targoutai had fawned on Siban before Nogai had been elected Kha-Khan , and how they had voiced their support for Nogai , their own half-brother , as soon as it had become apparent that he had Burun 's vote . |
| 66 | If reinsurers receive further adverse experience on political risk , they may withdraw their support for this class . |
| 67 | This may be the real meaning of their support for Iraq and Saddam Hussein . |
| 68 | Soviet spokesmen warned the non-aligned states against succumbing to Western attempts to secure their support for American Rapid Deployment Forces . |
| 69 | Spain , Portugal , Ireland and Greece also oppose an early enlargement , albeit for rather different reasons : they fear that the current transfer of resources to them from the richer countries — above all , from Britain and Germany — might be put at risk , and have made it clear that their support for any growth in the size of the Community is contingent on their receipt of guaranteed levels of Cohesion payments . |
| 70 | Does he agree that when terrorists inflict danger and disruption on ordinary people anywhere — in Britain , Northern Ireland or anywhere else — they are not so much demonstrating their support for any cause as demonstrating their hatred and opposition to every community ? |
| 71 | As the contribution of Britain to the UNHCR is very much greater than that of France or Germany , will my right hon. Friend encourage our European partners to increase their support for the vital work of refugee relief ? |
| 72 | The British Government have lagged in their support for events in Europe and have not been so enthusiastic as our European partners . |
| 73 | The Government must encourage the people of Northern Ireland to give their support for the security forces by giving the correct political leadership . |
| 74 | Their unpicking of our trade union law reforms , which would deliberately make strikes easier , longer and more frequent , their support for every last dot and comma of the European Commission 's social action programme , just one directive of which could add £5 billion to the costs of British employers — |
| 75 | I am sure that the hon. Gentleman is wrong , because the consultants and management were unanimous in their support for trust status for Larbert . |
| 76 | On Feb. 19 an estimated 5,000-8,000 miners from the Jiul Valley area arrived in Bucharest to show their support for the NSF and promised Iliescu that they would get rid of the " hooligans " . |
| 77 | 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 . |
| 78 | On April 2 an estimated 50,000 people demonstrated their support for the democracy movement in Kathmandu , while doctors and other professionals joined a general strike , in defiance of legislation prohibiting strikes in " essential services " . |
| 79 | 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 . |
| 80 | Miners ( who had come to Bucharest once before , in February , to demonstrate their support for the NSF — see p. 37252 ) were brought into Bucharest by truck , train and bus in the early hours of June 14 . |
| 81 | On Aug. 23 seven of the 12 political organizations which had initially supported Pascal-Trouillot 's appointment declared their support for the Council of State and demanded the postponement of the elections until such time as the safety of voters could be guaranteed . |
| 82 | 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 . |
| 83 | The two sides also issued a joint statement expressing their support for making Antarctica an international nature reserve , as first proposed by the French explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau . |
| 84 | Although there was no mention of specific measures to stabilize currencies , ministers " reaffirmed their support for economic policy co-ordination at this critical time " and agreed " to monitor developments in exchange markets " . |
| 85 | Visiting the Upper Nile state on Feb. 21 he again referred to the exclusion of the southern states from sharia law and said that citizens had shown their support for the " new political system and transference of powers to the people " . |
| 86 | Tudjman , who had urged local leaders in Trogir ( west of Split ) on May 5 to demonstrate at the naval base to show the world their support for the battle being waged by the Croatian leadership , was accused by the Defence Secretariat of inflaming sentiments against the army . |
| 87 | The country had entered a Memorandum of Understanding ( MOU ) with the CARICOM countries on Oct. 27 , 1989 — in an effort to win their support for its accession to the Lomé Convention [ see p. 37133 ] — to refrain from exporting bananas to the European Communities in competition with other African , Caribbean and Pacific producers . |
| 88 | A Foreign Office statement of June 6 said that any " improved relations " had to be preceded by " convincing evidence that the Libyans have renounced their support for international terrorism , including the IRA [ Irish Republican Army ] " and Libyan co-operation in bringing Fletcher 's murderers to justice . |
| 89 | All the main parties except the communist Party of the Left and the Greens expressed their support for the move . |
| 90 | Baker visited Saudi Arabia and Jordan on July 20-21 and both King Fahd and King Hussein announced their support for the US plan and for the Egyptian initiative . |