Example sentences of "[prep] support " in BNC.
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| 1 | This will suit most bulbs , and annual or late-flowering perennial climbers that use the hedge for support . |
| 2 | ‘ He has been crying out for support for ages , and I am sure that this new opportunity is just what he is looking for . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ We hope for support from telecomms as well as computer companies and users ’ . |
| 4 | As US officials produced evidence of his involvement in drug trafficking and appealed for support from other Latin American countries in their campaign to oust him , their case was weakened by evidence that the US had been an important supporter in the general 's rise to power and that the CIA had known about his trafficking for years . |
| 5 | Now the Union of Sudanese Trade Unions has issued an international call for support . |
| 6 | The unrest , which killed 11 people , spread elswhere in the south , the traditional base for support for the Hashemite regime ; first to al Hassaniyeh and al Tufeila , and then up to Kerak , Madaba and Salt . |
| 7 | The contradiction between the two could be seen in the nationalist movements which paved the way for independence , in which there was a constant tension between the attempt to build a genuine nationalist movement and the tendency for support to be delivered on a tribal basis . |
| 8 | In this sense the very high ‘ yes ’ votes he achieved in the four presidential elections since independence have been genuine , but should not be mistaken for support for specific policies , and still less for support for other leaders at either the local or national level . |
| 9 | In this sense the very high ‘ yes ’ votes he achieved in the four presidential elections since independence have been genuine , but should not be mistaken for support for specific policies , and still less for support for other leaders at either the local or national level . |
| 10 | Diana was still the new girl in those days , very much learning as she went along , shy and unsure of herself , and leaning heavily on others for support and guidance . |
| 11 | Finally , he is looking out for support material for Christian detached youth workers . |
| 12 | The gathering was intended to show that the government , besieged by a rebellion started by the most elite units of its own armed forces , could still rely on ‘ people power ’ for support . |
| 13 | The talks would be held under the auspices of the UN International Commission for Support and Verification ( CIAV ) , perhaps in the context of an international conference attended by the secretary-generals of the UN and the Organisation of American States . |
| 14 | The talks would be held under the auspices of the UN International Commission for Support and Verification ( CIAV ) , perhaps in the context of an international conference attended by the secretary-generals of the UN and the Organisation of American States . |
| 15 | Mr John Prescott , the Labour transport spokesman , said BR would lose £3.5 billion of public support by 1993 , which would leave it at the bottom of the international league for support and top for fares . |
| 16 | Late on Wednesday night , a man purporting to be General Noriega spoke on the pro-regime National Radio , urging all Panamanians ‘ to keep up the resistance ’ and appealing for support from the outside world . |
| 17 | When a marriage breaks down , there will be an urgent need for support , both intimate , and social . |
| 18 | Mrs Morgan made a movement of protest but Francis Morgan looked to Teversham for support . |
| 19 | In the past Europe looked to America for support against a predictable Soviet threat to the survival of European democracy . |
| 20 | Today America must be able to look to Europe for support in containing less predictable threats to the values they have in common from outside Europe . |
| 21 | Muldoon looked to Mueller for support . |
| 22 | Marie got up , unsteadily , and leaned against someone 's garden wall for support . |
| 23 | As she felt her way cautiously along , she pressed herself flat against the wood for support . |
| 24 | ‘ Especially in deprived areas , there 's tremendous need for support . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ He seems to wish I had n't come , ’ he said , angling for support . |
| 26 | He glanced at his nanny for support . |
| 27 | Everyone had seen her arrive during morning assembly , her hair hanging loose as she leaned on a heavy walking-stick for support . |
| 28 | O'Neill made an impassioned defence of his policies on television and appealed for support for what he saw as the only course that could save Ulster from deepening civil unrest . |
| 29 | The minority , in particular the 1540s , also produced a concentration of the more ‘ normal ’ bonds by the magnates , hitherto made for local purposes but now reflecting the need for support in a major political crisis . |
| 30 | Certainly it made nonsense of their appeal for support within Scotland on the grounds of freeing the kingdom from the tyranny of strangers . |