Example sentences of "and [pron] supporters " in BNC.
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| 1 | Non-party seats would go to the Forum and its supporters . |
| 2 | THE long-mocked idea of reparations to compensate black Americans for the slavery experienced by their ancestors is now before the US Congress , and its supporters say the $1.25 billion package to compensate Japanese-Americans who were interned during the second world war has created a legal precedent . |
| 3 | In ‘ All change ’ ( April 27th ) , the Reform Party of Canada , led by Preston Manning , is represented as separatist , and its supporters as having ‘ a good riddance to Quebec ’ attitude which must be purged . |
| 4 | Vanguard was breaking up and its supporters were either rejoining the Unionist Party or moving to Paisley 's DUP , which was consolidating its position as the more militant and more populist loyalist party . |
| 5 | Here , as in the pollution debates over the hazards of sewage or acidification of lakes , the Commission and its supporters were applying one line of reasoning whereas environmentalists and scientists in other countries were applying another . |
| 6 | Yet the Commission and its supporters were increasingly inconsistent . |
| 7 | The club and its supporters saw themselves as part of the mythical ‘ aristocracy ’ of football but Macari insisted they were out of touch with modern football and embarked on a mission to toughen the team and its image . |
| 8 | Whilst concerned primarily with rafting and its supporters , CHAR both understand and appreciate the requirements of all river users and as such work closely with the various organizations and authorities that represent these fellow users . |
| 9 | To the Colonisation Commission and its supporters the start of the First World War offered a solution to all their problems . |
| 10 | The recession had no discernible consequences for the ability of Labour and its supporters to maintain political work . |
| 11 | The Alliance and its supporters busied themselves in rates and exposes of socialist malpractice . |
| 12 | Defeat of the general strike during which Alliance members served on the Emergency Committee , and supersession of the guardians leading to drastic cuts in relief revived charges that the Alliance and its supporters were ‘ baby starvers ’ . |
| 13 | A leading argument deployed by the ILP and its supporters at the Labour Party conference was that only by quitting the Government could the Labour Party hope to retain its authority with ‘ the men in the workshops ’ and thus avert ‘ the terrible danger of insurrection . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Beating Wigan in any game means so much to the St Helens club and its supporters . ’ |
| 15 | Still , those last three tries against Waikato in Hamilton made a huge difference to the team and its supporters in Canada . |
| 16 | But the force of opinion against Britain and its supporters , notably Ireland and Scandinavia , was already gaining strength throughout 1948 , under the stimulus of the Congress of Europe . |
| 17 | Its key elements were the ‘ heavy ’ industries : steel , and its supporters , coal and iron . |
| 18 | It has proposed a community-based programme of punishment but in order to sell this to both the judiciary and its supporters it has constructed around it a rhetoric of toughness . |
| 19 | We hope that with the help of its staff , its passengers and its supporters , the line can look forward to a future reflecting its hey day . |
| 20 | I was not aware — I have not yet received reports — of that demonstration , but I believe that it is ironic that the IRA and its supporters should at the same time be enjoying the privileges of democracy and using the methods of terrorism . |
| 21 | I have to say to the IRA and its supporters that their actions only strengthen the determination of all democrats in Britain and Ireland to reject them . |
| 22 | The ruling Liberal Party ( which held 24 seats ) and its supporters were expected to face a rival coalition comprising the left-wing former guerrillas of the April 19 Movement ( M-19 , 19 seats ) , the conservative National Salvation Movement ( 11 seats ) , and the Embera and Guambino Indian leaders Francisco Rojas and Lorenzo Muelas , from the north-west jungle region and the southern mountain region respectively . |
| 23 | The government and its supporters eventually accepted this but then insisted on a 75 per cent majority applying to regional issues , including the country 's future status as a unitary or a federal state . |
| 24 | Even with the support of Meretz and the five Arab seats , of which Hadash took three and the Arab Democratic Party ( ADP ) two , this would give Labour and its supporters only a one-seat majority unless Rabin was able to gain support among the 16 religious party Knesset members . |
| 25 | It was nevertheless US equipment that was most in the news , after the struggle in Congress to carry through the sale of F-15 Eagles to Saudi Arabia in the face of resolute opposition from Israel and its supporters in the American legislature . |
| 26 | Both in the case of the PLO and its supporters and that of Israel and much of world Jewry , the degree of identification is reminiscent of that between a successful football team and its home crowd . |
| 27 | If this review actually takes place , then it may indeed be the most suitable valediction for the Vulcan , and its supporters association whose disappointment and bewilderment has cast a shadow over this final year of the mighty delta . |
| 28 | The campaign is backed by at least two dozen MPs , including Kate Hoey , Harry Barnes and Nick Raynsford , and its supporters claim growing support within trades union ranks for their cause . |
| 29 | This , say Mrs Bagwell and her supporters , the swastikas and posters notwithstanding , is the final proof that the attacks on the Ks were not racially motivated . |
| 30 | This position , part of a wider body of thought known as ‘ situational ethics ’ , was anathema to Mrs Whitehouse and her supporters , whose world-view was constructed very much in terms of absolutes . |