Example sentences of "[prep] popular support for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Against many expectations , and despite a groundswell of popular support for Iraq in the Muslim world , the coalition has held together well . |
| 2 | However , given the level of popular support for Iraq in the other countries , King Hassan 's decision to support the Egyptian line wholeheartedly was generally considered risky . |
| 3 | The failure of the Leeds Convention 's call for the establishment of Workers ' and Soldiers ' Councils reflected the inappropriate nature of the proposed organizational structures , not the absence of popular support for peace agitation as such . |
| 4 | The election , the first for the legislature since 1988 [ see pp. 36019-21 ] , was seen as a test of popular support for President Roh Tae Woo , and as an important indicator of the likely result of the presidential elections due later in 1992 . |
| 5 | The distribution was apparently hampered by strict curfew regulations , imposed in the occupied territories as a security measure since the morning of Jan. 16 in view of the level of popular support for Saddam Hussein and to ward off a fresh upsurge in the Palestinian intifada . |
| 6 | Debt rescheduling agreements [ see pp. 37393 ; 37729 ] had reduced some of the pressure on the government , which , although it had committed forces on the allied side in the current Gulf war , identified with popular support for Iraq [ see p. 37940 ] . |
| 7 | Public opposition to economic liberalization and an austerity programme and continued criticism , especially from Islamic fundamentalists , of the RCD 's continued domination of domestic affairs , was counterbalanced later in the year by the regime 's identification with popular support for Iraq in the Gulf war ( although the official stance was that an " Arab solution " was the only way out of the crisis ) . |