I. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a demonstration in support of sth/sb
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public demonstrations in support of the rebels
a gesture of support
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She wrote a letter to the Prime Minister as a gesture of support.
a message of support/sympathy/congratulations etc
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Other celebrities sent messages of support.
a support group (= a group that meets in order to help the people in it deal with a difficult time )
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She set up a support group for people suffering from the same illness.
a supporting actor (= acting a part that is not the most important one )
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She was awarded an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.
a supporting cast (= all the actors except the main ones )
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There’s also a fine supporting cast.
a supporting role (= not one of the main roles )
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Lee has a supporting role as Judy’s best friend,
active support (= encouragement or help )
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He wrote the book with the active support of his wife, Pam.
an offer of help/support/friendship etc
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Any offers of help would be appreciated.
ask for sb’s support
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Labour councillors asked for our support for the proposal.
canvassing support
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The US has been canvassing support from other Asian states.
child support
command respect/attention/support etc
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Philip was a remarkable teacher, able to command instant respect.
community support officer
deserve support
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This is a splendid proposal which deserves our support.
drumming up support
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He travelled throughout Latin America drumming up support for the confederation.
emotional support
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She provided emotional support at a very distressing time for me.
enthusiastic support
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His policies won him the enthusiastic support of middle-income voters.
express your support (= say that you support someone or something )
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The Israeli leader expressed his support for the U.S. plan.
gain support
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The proposal failed to gain support.
generate excitement/interest/support etc
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The project generated enormous interest.
generous offer/support/donation etc
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my employer’s generous offer to pay the bill
groundswell of support
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a groundswell of support for the Prime Minister
income support
life support system
majority support (= votes or support given by the most number of people )
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a solution that will command majority support in the House
marshal support
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Senator Bryant attempted to marshal support for the measure.
meet with support/approval etc
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Her ideas have met with support from doctors and health professionals.
mobilize support
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a campaign to mobilize support for the strike
mutual support
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MAMA puts new mothers in touch with each other, for mutual support and friendship.
offer advice/help/support etc
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Your doctor should be able to offer advice on diet.
pledge (your) support/loyalty/solidarity etc
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He pledged his cooperation.
police community support officer
popular support
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There was widespread popular support for the new law.
practical help/support ( also practical assistance formal )
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There will be trained people available to listen and to provide practical help.
price support
prove/support an accusation
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There were very few facts to support the accusation against him.
prove/test/support etc a hypothesis
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We hope that further research will confirm our hypothesis.
rally support
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an attempt to rally support for the party
receive attention/affection/support
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She received no support from her parents.
seek support/approval
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He said he would seek shareholder support for the proposal.
stout defence/support/resistance
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He put up a stout defence in court.
strong support
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The idea won strong support in rural areas.
support a cause
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Giving money is only one way of supporting a good cause.
support a charity (= give money to one )
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Do you support any charities?
support a claim
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The court found no evidence to support her claim.
support a conclusion (= suggest that something is true )
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The evidence supports the conclusion that his death was an accident.
support a move
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The move was supported by the government.
support a notion
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There is no evidence to support the notion that girls are treated better than boys in school.
support a team
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"Which team do you support?" "Chelsea."
support a theory
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Modern research strongly supports this theory.
support a view (= believe or help to prove that it is right )
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There are many people who would support his views.
support an event (= pay to attend a charity event in order to encourage it )
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I’d like to thank everyone who came tonight for supporting the event.
support group
support staff (= office staff, technical staff etc )
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A school needs good support staff.
support/assist development ( also further/facilitate development formal )
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We need to facilitate development and economic activity that provides jobs.
support/back a proposal
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Not one of these organizations supports the government's proposals.
support/defend/back sb to the hilt
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I’m backing the PM to the hilt on this.
supporting documentation
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Applicants must provide supporting documentation .
support...motion
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I urge you to support this motion .
technical support
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Our staff will be available to give you technical support .
technical support
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Maybe you’d better try calling tech support.
tremendous support
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She praised her husband for the tremendous support he had given her.
undying love/devotion/support etc
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They declared their undying love for each other.
unfailing help/support etc
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I’d like to thank you all for your unfailing support.
unqualified support
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He gave her his unqualified support .
unswerving loyalty/commitment/support etc
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a politician with unswerving loyalty to the President
whip up interest/opposition/support etc
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They’ll do anything to whip up a bit of interest in a book.
whole-hearted support/acceptance/cooperation etc
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Montgomery’s new style of leadership met with Leslie’s whole-hearted approval.
widespread support/acceptance/criticism/condemnation etc
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There was widespread support for the war.
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The storm caused widespread damage.
withdrawn...support
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One of the minority parties had withdrawn its support for Chancellor Kohl.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
strongly
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I strongly support the thrust of what the hon. Lady said.
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Participation by suburbs that once strongly supported magnet projects is in question.
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Both of these Republican presidents undertook aggressive antitrust actions, and both strongly supported , and expanded, federal housing programs.
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We believe therefore that the available evidence strongly supports the use of full-dose aspirin as adjunctive therapy to thrombolysis.
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We strongly supported that anti-lobbying clause.
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Let there be no mistake: the Oxford public strongly support the police and they have our confidence.
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The efficient-market hypothesis strongly supports index funds over more active mutual funds.
■ NOUN
claim
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But we must not support the innateness claim with the wrong arguments.
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This will help you support your claims , create continuity within the document, and use interesting language and ideas.
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Reformist government ministers used the press revelations to support their claims that Khasbulatov was building up a power base.
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A letter from Fremont to Senator Benton supports this claim .
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Or are public subsidies being given to support unspecified claims about cultural maintenance, diversity, and development?
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Several specialists questioned whether there is enough fossil evidence yet to support a claim for a new genus.
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Some patterns in the survey evidence seem to support this claim .
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To support its claim , Barneys cites certain terms of its lease agreements, including the length.
development
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Allied to this is the appropriate acquisition of resources both human and technical, to support the developments .
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In its decentralized and block form, federally supported community development can take many directions.
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Emap recently announced the creation of Emap Digital which will support the development of all group investments in internet and new media.
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Some of them we would characterize as networks, others as staff support / staff development cooperatives.
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One should not, however, think that the nucleus of any cell will support development if transplanted into the egg.
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In addition, the Congress is considering legislation supporting its development .
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All three organisations are now firmly supporting the development of a single survey in the future.
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They supported curriculum development and professional development for teachers and work-site mentors.
effort
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If we do not support their efforts , animal-based research in this country will be slowly stifled.
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Since my first days in the Congress, I have supported efforts to turn off the faucet of big-money campaign contributions.
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We need to support teachers in their efforts to steer our children in this direction.
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Some of the Act's underlying principles can support efforts to overcome suspicion between travellers and welfare authorities.
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The Human Rights Campaign is supporting an effort by Sen.
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He called on business to support the effort .
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In a widely supported effort that ended in December, black leaders, including the Rev.
evidence
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But there is already much evidence to support the presumption that the effect was pervasive.
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Browning found there was a lack of corroborating evidence to support the oral copulation offense, according Fox.
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There seems to be evidence to support both of these arguments.
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The anecdotal evidence is supported Statistically.
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However, while there is no proof, there is ample historical evidence to support many balance-of-power propositions.
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We have recently produced direct evidence supporting the possibility of amplification of the birth weight-blood pressure relation in childhood.
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On balance, the evidence does not support this tactical scenario, although it may well have occurred to de Gaulle.
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These suppositions are rejected because there is little evidence to support them.
family
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For example, the social security system sets conditions which can make it hard for families to support family members who live elsewhere.
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Obviously, the cost of building and installing a sys-tem big enough to support the average family would bankrupt a small nation.
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Was this the price that these incomers to Orkney were to pay for befriending and attempting to support another family in trouble?
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Interestingly, efforts to support the family at work have not always been friendly to women.
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What else did I have to support my family on in the West?
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We will set up a new Family Credit telephone advice service to support working families.
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Suicide was epidemic among men who felt their manhood lost because they could no longer support their families .
government
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Nationalists supported the Wilson/Callaghan governments for years, only to be stabbed in the back in the end.
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Fini said he might support a government led by Senate President Carlo Scognamiglio.
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The upshot was that the Liberals promised to support the Labour government in the House by their votes.
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I would support strongly a bigger Government grant for acquisitions because there are many good uses to which it could be put.
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The Liberal Democrats were supporting a Government which they claim to want defeated.
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Instead the structure chosen for the Inquiry ensured that it could only be resolved in favour of the course supported by the government .
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The opposition were loyally supporting the Government , but were also pressing for a definitive statement.
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In future, large amounts of taxpayers' money will go to support local government .
hypothesis
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These results support the hypothesis that individuals are willing to pay more in order to live in communities that provide high-quality services.
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This supports the hypothesis that adaptation is due to visual change.
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This tends to support the hypothesis that although customers will complain about price increases it does not necessarily alter their visiting behaviour.
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Seventeen pages of notes support his hypothesis .
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The finding that their number is neither affected by ranitidine nor by cisapride treatment does not support this hypothesis .
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Experimental and human studies support this hypothesis .
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The evidence, particularly of Willis, would support this working hypothesis .
idea
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Central and Fife are understood to be less enthusiastic but agreed to support the idea .
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Even before his death, Kerouac supported the idea of a portable reader of his work.
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This startling discovery has supported the idea that cancer develops when a cell contains too much of a perfectly normal cellular protein.
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The size of the hands indicate women made the handprints, supporting the idea that women artists created the paintings.
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In both patients naloxone led to great improvement, supporting the idea that endogenous opiates are involved in the condition.
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Many prominent college presidents and political scientists as well as a good many newspaper editorials supported the idea .
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What evidence can you find which supports the idea that historical knowledge has improved with time?
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It is a relationship supported by an idea that kinship matters profoundly.
party
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As a result the Edinburgh Conference of 1936 passed resolutions leaving the Labour Party supporting collective security but opposing rearmament.
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The guidelines competence was transferred to a Coalition Committee, a committee of representatives of the parties supporting the government.
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Moreover, the major parties today are supported by two distinct coalitions of voters, each with core interests and demands.
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In these systems, the electorate selects legislative candidates from a party committed to support a particular prime minister.
policy
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Finally, last Wednesday he threw in the towel, claiming he could no longer support Blunkett's policy on education.
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Environmentalists and representatives of the timber industry, nearly always at odds, find themselves supporting a policy of increased burning.
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One supporter said Mr Norris would not be able to support this policy .
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He should stop coming to the House pretending to support home-owners when his policies would discriminate against them.
project
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After the intensive twelve months support with the project , girls need somewhere to come with any problems that may occur later.
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It is usually subject to negotiation after the decision to support the project is made.
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These funds support infrastructure projects and training courses.
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International equity investment in local stock exchanges could also support renewable energy projects .
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Edinburgh City Council is also supporting the project and 14 other local primary schools are taking part.
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Gateways are available to online databases such as Profile and Kompass to support project work and research.
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Within their limited means, they provide community services, education programmes and support small workshop projects .
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He has not yet come off the fence and told us whether he supports the barrage project .
proposal
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This has been used to support proposals to move from income to expenditure taxation.
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Elorriaga had decided to withdraw when Congress refused to support his proposals on taxation and on the refunding of the public debt.
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However, a consultation exercise last year showed that councils, police and courts supported the proposals .
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We wonder if any of the other signers are similarly being misrepresented as supporting this seriously flawed proposal .
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No permanent member supported the proposal , and it was dropped.
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The newspaper, El Tiempo, supported the monarchical proposal without subterfuge.
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Margaret McGregor, the board's Labour convenor, is to support the proposal .
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His only promise to the Democrats, he says, was to support the final budget proposal that emerged from the committee.
research
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How can university personnel be involved to support research carried out in schools by teachers?
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Since then, Quaker has continued to support university-based research into the substance.
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Encourage innovative alternatives by supporting research and development of synfuels 4.
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The Faculty has a number of scholarships which are used mostly to support research students.
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Furthermore these are claims that have actually been supported by empirical sociolinguistic research .
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The certificate modules have been specifically designed to support teachers undertaking research in their own schools.
team
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Young people are placed in open employment and trained and supported by social service teams .
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Lanier said he thought he had Adams' support to attract a team .
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Oxford United's fans, more than fifteen hundred of them made the long journey to Tranmere on Saturday to support their team .
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For the most part, that community supported that team when it was fairly competitive.
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They're supported by teams of physiologists and laboratory researchers.
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They support their local baseball team , the Hanshin Tigers.
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General practitioners work mainly as individuals supported by primary care teams .
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Twelve staff, working in six shifts are supported by a team of engineers and administrative personnel.
view
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There is factual evidence to support the view that Storni entertained the idea of suicide long before 1938.
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There is no evidence to support this view .
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They support the views of Goldthorpe and Lockwood that clerical workers are in an intermediate class between the working and service classes.
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There are indeed certain aspects of the marriage system of such societies which support this point of view .
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Research evidence supports the view that this relationship is valued highly, especially by the grandparental generation.
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But it is not merely the minimum content of natural law which supports such a view .
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A recent study of primary school practice across the arts supports this view .
weight
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The liquid helps to support the weight of the compass card, and also dampens oscillation.
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The floors themselves were strong enough to support the weight of the materials used to fill in the gaps.
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Both your stand and the floor it stands on must be capable of supporting this weight .
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A major concern, he said, is that many sky divers use canopies that are too small to support their weight .
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The design specifications had called for the columns to rest on bedrock that supported a weight of seven tons per square foot.
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Righting the stool with his foot, he pushed it under Jason's dangling toes to support some of the weight .
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The main structural consideration with any door or window is supporting the weight of the structure above.
work
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If you are new, decide which senior colleagues would support you in your work .
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Interestingly, efforts to support the family at work have not always been friendly to women.
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You can help by joining the Research Defence Society and supporting our work to safeguard the future of biological and medical research.
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It also sells Lacandon crafts in the gift shop, and uses the proceeds to support its work in the jungle.
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In this way we trust that your appreciation of the need to support our work will grow.
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It is very important, therefore, that we do everything possible to support the mind work of reading.
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Proceeds from the sale of these corporate-generated materials support the ongoing work of the foundation.
■ VERB
continue
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There are good reasons for continuing to support the moratorium.
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This talented orchestra can only survive if the people of Merseyside continue to support it.
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Nevertheless, doctors continued to support the use of starvation diets.
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Apple will continue to support A/UX on its 680x0-based systems, but will be pushing PowerPC/PowerOpen-based systems into these markets.
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The salmon runs, though much reduced by overfishing in the spawning rivers, continue to support the leading fishery.
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And we will continue to support hill farmers through the Hill Livestock Compensatory Allowances.
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Most Democrats, of course, continued to support McClellan, attributing the fiasco entirely to administration mismanagement.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be loud in your praise/opposition/support etc
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Nevertheless, both my master and Agrippa were loud in their praise of my martial prowess.
moral support
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Steve went with her to provide moral support.
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I don't believe Wellington stayed to give De Gaulle moral support.
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I want you there not just for moral support but to have a witness present.
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Last year they gave heavy financial and moral support to Democrats.
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Louise came up for the funeral and stayed on for three weeks to give moral support.
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Mahdi denies that his movement wants weapons or financing from Washington, saying moral support and diplomatic pressure are enough.
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Voice over Finally, Dawn came here, where she's been given practical and moral support.
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When a baby is newborn, friends, family, and even strangers deluge us with moral support and advice.
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With his moral support a group of nobles and clergy from both sides tried to work out peace terms.
supporting part/role/actor etc
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At a crucial moment, the United States played an important supporting role.
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Benicio Del Toro won the best supporting actor prize for Traffic.
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But the chief joy despite several eye-catching supporting roles remains watching Courtenay milk the script for all its worth.
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He felt the other two were satisfied to play supporting roles to Gedge and to a lesser extent, himself.
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Hopper won a supporting role in that film too.
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Its most unarguable successes are in the main supporting roles.
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The meats are unfailingly tender and flavorful, and the stuffed tomatoes deserve a Tony Award for best supporting actor.
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The three supporting roles are all superbly played.
supporting wall/beam etc
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The roof was in an appalling state and the supporting beams were rotten.
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There was a portico, generally of wood, with posts supporting beams, and decoration was in terracotta.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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A lot of people can barely earn enough to support themselves, let alone their families.
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Do you have any evidence to support these claims?
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During the renovations, a temporary wall will support the ceiling.
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Employers support the training program by offering places for young people.
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For twenty-five years he painstakingly amassed evidence to support his hypothesis.
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He has a wife and two children to support .
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Her body was so weak that she had to be supported by two nurses.
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I always support the Girl Scouts by buying a few boxes of cookies.
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I am very grateful to members of the faculty who have supported me in so many ways.
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I have always supported the Democrats.
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If she can't support herself, how's she going to support a child?
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My friends and family have all supported me through the divorce.
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My parents didn't have to support me when I was at college because I received a grant.
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Plans for a new school were strongly supported by local residents.
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Public opinion in America supported Gandhi in his struggle for an independent India.
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She is my daughter, and I will love and support her no matter what happens.
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She wrote a newspaper article supporting the idea of a minimum wage for workers.
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Sitting at a table in the coffee shop, her chin supported by her hands, she was deep in thought.
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The ceiling was supported by huge stone columns.
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The changes in the tax code are supported by the Democratic party.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Many elderly people support Milosevic because they are scared.
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Psychological theories support two main forms of gender bias.
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The environment ministry, to which it is ultimately responsible, supports it to the tune of almost 5m francs.
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The Fed chairman actually supports Mr Neal's bill.
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Together they shoot up, play soccer, get into barroom brawls, mug tourists and steal to support their habits.
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We supported the demands for a thorough and credible investigation by independent and impartial experts.
II. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
emotional
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It's an emotional support from my boyfriend, sister, father.
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Finally, the managers received critical emotional support from peers.
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In addition to medical prescription, victims require emotional support and reassurance which is not available from sources such as the family.
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While separating these activities analytically from other major processes, like emotional support , it does this for justifiable theoretical reasons.
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Personality based depression happens to people with poor self-image, or to some one who is heavily dependent on others for emotional support .
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A lot of practical information is exchanged, as well as emotional support .
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They didn't all desert their girlfriends when they became pregnant, some have remained to provide crucial emotional and practical support .
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That emotional support will be needed.
financial
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It must be emphasised that you can not expect any financial support from the University.
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All of these networks receive financial support from their national governments.
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The publication has received financial support from the Czech Ministry of Culture but is still in need of funding to ensure its survival.
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Jerry Lewis, left the title untouched but drained financial support .
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Normally this financial support passes from older to younger generations in families in a one-way flow.
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Ed Schafer has received more than 95 percent of its financial support from North Dakotans.
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Please give your financial support to help them continue their work tomorrow.
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President Robert Batscha would make regular forays West to draw financial support from the people and enterprises whose work is ostensibly honored.
full
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Roddy Neill, the Clydesdale Bank's business sector manager, said the improvements had the bank's full support .
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The United States will continue to furnish you and your people with the fullest measure of support in this bitter fight.
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Too early a Western commitment of full support could be dangerous.
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We see this as a national event of great importance and we are lending it our full support .
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We shall continue to give full and active support to the United Nations.
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The company is pleased to give them its full support , which includes supplying a 38 ton lorry.
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Promotional groups will only be effective when they can deliver the full support of their clientele.
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Will she give all such initiatives her fullest support ?
moral
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He can also make a point of talking to Mr Yeltsin and other republican leaders to offer them moral support .
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By and large the teams gave each other both moral and technical support .
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The frontiersman heroes such as Davy Crockett no longer excite our moral support .
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When a baby is newborn, friends, family, and even strangers deluge us with moral support and advice.
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And for a number of reasons Lisa's moral support would have been welcome.
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Last year they gave heavy financial and moral support to Democrats.
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If he had to go, he should go quietly and give continued moral support to the paper.
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Bring a friend or relative for moral support and help in juggling insurance forms and your overnight bag.
mutual
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But those that come together for mutual support can and do survive.
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Something whole, something alive dwells in that mutual support .
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This relationship of mutual support between reading and text displaces the authorising criteria of true and false in critical activity.
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Tonight eight children would be married, thus forming important alliances and mutual support between families which would last lifetimes.
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His two-term governorship has been an exercise in incessant mutual support between Texas business and Texas politics.
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And by establishing coordination committees operating within the team concept, he brought about far better mutual support .
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Free discussion about attitudes to a problem will relieve anxiety, and mutual support can be obtained.
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Positive long-term acceptance of the child involves the parents' mutual support throughout the time after birth.
political
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Regardless of their initial intentions, their work has been understood and accepted as an open manifestation of political support .
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In the end, one has to wonder about the sources of political support for minimum-wage legislation.
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Yet is also harboured doubts about whether there was widespread political support for the Republicans.
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But Berisha, tied up in an election year and basking in Western political support , ignored the warnings.
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By building up an army of individual shareholders the Conservatives may well have expected to gain political support .
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The initiation and implementation of economic development projects also provides government with opportunities to gain political support from a diverse constituency.
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Control of jobs and access to political leaders can be used to win political support for themselves.
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The market quickly comes to be seen as unfair, and political support for official privatization falls.
popular
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On the other hand, thirteen percent hardly constituted the tidal wave of popular support that de Gaulle was looking for.
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All three bills had popular support , according to polls.
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The statement went on to urge popular support for Sihanouk's candidacy in these elections.
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Invocations of popular support or consent may be baseless and even blatantly dishonest.
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For one thing, there is not exactly a popular outcry in support of a Romanov return.
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The extent of popular support , if any, for this enterprise was never clear.
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It would not be surprising if, to gain popular support for emancipationist petitions, reformers had to work very hard.
public
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The government decided on dollarisation without getting public support for the project.
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The great exodus was on, from city to suburb, aided by developers but also enjoying great public support .
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As a major national organisation, commanding massive public support , the Trust's influence in Whitehall is strengthened.
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Bennett and others promote cultural renewal through public sermonizing and support for local initiatives like church programs to teach parental responsibility.
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You can not expect public support if you do not have the support of your own ministers.
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The Zapatistas' public support has dwindled in recent months, but officials say privately that Marcos remains a wild card.
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However, this development would require public support in the form of a new East Coast motorway.
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The union leaders appear to be building public support for their cause, with clever use of symbolic gestures and public relations.
social
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For them, the priority was the provision of direct social work support and advice.
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Strong social pressures often support or repudiate their use, and sometimes the pressures lead to control or prohibition by governments.
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He managed with twice weekly meals on wheels, and social work support .
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Day care, residential care and social work support essentially provide care in the community, rather than in large institutions.
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All other systems of social support should be for voluntary organizations of citizens to devise and subscribe to.
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At least at the beginning it lacked social support , usually freely available in the schools from which secondees came.
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These two groups of children have quite different characteristics, care histories, prognoses and needs for social work support .
strong
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We have given strong support to the Sports Council and its efforts to raise participation in sport.
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This apparently was done in spite of their claim that they required strong scientific support for their categories.
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Polling shows that the family-leave law has strong support among women voters and working families, he added.
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Thirdly, there is strong support for the hill livestock compensatory allowances, amounting to £142 million in a full year.
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It passed the Legislature with strong bipartisan support .
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However, it became clear that this section would need a much stronger system of support .
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But I knew I would get strong support from a lot of influential people.
technical
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Gold service will offer personal technical account support , on-site and phone support and extended coverage hours.
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A technical support team provided information systems, technical, and engineering support to the operating teams.
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Steve Belkin, 32, is technical support manager for a City software house.
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Verio provides around-the-clock network monitoring and technical support with all promotional packages.
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A nationwide sales force and technical services support can help with any application.
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It said it would hire more safety inspectors, create a technical support staff and continue to improve crew communications.
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The company will also provide them with the technical support necessary to ensure the milk's quality.
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If you're a newcomer to the Net, the technical support on offer will probably be important to you.
widespread
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In the north, the party can count on fairly widespread support .
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Yet is also harboured doubts about whether there was widespread political support for the Republicans.
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In this case there was widespread support and sympathy from the overtaxed gentry and clergy.
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It has widespread support in the House as far as it goes, but missing is legislation to protect against victimisation.
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But there is also widespread support for state or collective provision of welfare even over tax cuts.
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Does he accept that there is widespread support from industry and the community generally for the Government's roads programme?
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There is widespread support for the principle across the Community, and we believe that it should be rigorously applied in practice.
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There is widespread support for completing that road at the earliest opportunity.
■ NOUN
child
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This approach to child support also gives priority to a particular type of family relationship - that based on biological parenthood.
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But Garcetti said his office has made strides in child support collections.
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Maintenance and child support Bradshaw and Millar found that only 29 percent of lone parents received maintenance from their former partners.
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Nachshin argued that $ 30, 000 a month in permanent spousal and child support would be enough.
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Other trends noted by the report: The average California county collects only $ 78 monthly for each child support order.
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But we have no right to force collection of child support for the kids.
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He gives no money for the care of his son, and Aurora has abandoned plans to pursue child support .
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In addition, some custodial parents do not pursue collection of child support because they fear retribution from the nonpaying parent.
group
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Then Lisa, one of the support group for the Refuge, moved away.
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The strategic support group ground rules were all they needed to get started.
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A number of support groups were involved: Radical Alternatives to Prison.
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Announcements can be made from the pulpit about area shelters or support groups for abusers and victims.
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The support group wants to take part in a sitting service to give carers a break.
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She also was a benefactor to other health support groups and animal charities.
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One of lung cancer's success stories, he runs a support group for lung cancer patients and their families.
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By that time all the support group were staying at the Copley Plaza.
income
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Seventy percent had only income support .
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Savings of over £3,000 will limit the amount of income support .
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A switch from price support to income support comes dear.
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A person may be eligible for income support if their income is below their income support entitlement.
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Both of these categories may be helped under the income support scheme.
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Lone parents can earn up to £15 a week before their income support is reduced.
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This will mean that a person working 16 hours a week or more will not be able to claim income support .
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That means that more and more elderly people are being forced down to income support or poverty line levels.
life
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As the law stands it would be illegal to disconnect his life support machine.
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Her family approved the removal of life support , and she died Monday night.
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Her sister is effectively her life support machine.
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She was rushed to the Royal Alexandra Hospital, where she was put on a life support machine.
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Initially, life support will be provided as on a space station.
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He's unconscious and on a life support machine.
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Three bottles of oxygen and four cans of absorbent provide those seventy-two hours of emergency life support .
service
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Equally important as the links with the secondary sector are the links with pre-school and support services .
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The legislatures almost never have the level of support services that are available to the executive.
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There is therefore a need for better family support services .
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Now thousands of workers who had manned the booths and the support services had nowhere to turn.
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In addition, all published information related to the business environment and support services in Stirling will be collated and analysed.
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Ameia attended a school that offers special classes and support services for pregnant girls.
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Support will be available from leading vendors backed by a contractual support service from Microsoft.
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First-line administrative services managers directly oversee staffs involved in various support services.
staff
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Training regular training sessions and monitoring of all teaching and support staff .
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They tend to wear suits and have lots of support staff .
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The company employed new support staff in Congleton.
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Top executives are generally provided with spacious offices and secretarial and support staff .
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This can be broadly broken down for descriptive purposes as a program staff of 11, and a support staff of 4.
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It said it would hire more safety inspectors, create a technical support staff and continue to improve crew communications.
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A member of your support staff can then go through the newspapers extracting cuttings on a daily basis.
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From April 1, some 255 scientists and support staff were put directly under the control of Courtaulds operating businesses.
system
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Membership of a group also offers an added social support system .
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Proposed changes would phase out that support system , but guarantee farmers a gradually dwindling subsidy payment over the next seven years.
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The very rapid expansion of the education system has left support systems running to catch up.
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Despite this huge expansion, our students enjoy one of the most generous support systems in the world.
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In Amsterdam, Querido introduced a twenty-four-hour domiciliary support system , linked with the care of general practitioners.
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With adequate resourcing and well designed support systems , relocation can enhance lives.
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He's on a life support system .
■ VERB
attract
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It will help her attract support for the Thatcher Foundation - the means by which she hopes to preserve her legacy.
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The Communists vastly exaggerated their own Resistance role in order to attract postwar political support .
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North West Water's impressive set of results failed to attract support .
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Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania, who dropped out after failing to attract enough money or support .
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The movement attracted widespread support from peace campaigners.
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For Republicans running in blue-collar districts, where raising the wage attracts support , the argument hurts.
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Polreis' case has attracted attention among support networks for adoptive parents of troubled foreign children.
claim
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Retirement benefits are not enough to live on, so nearly 2 million pensioners have to claim income support .
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Hamas claims the support of about 15 percent of the population.
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The organisation claims the support of prominent industrialists and of former members of the security forces.
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He is fighting for a second term and claims the support of other key nations in defiance of the Clinton administration.
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This will mean that a person working 16 hours a week or more will not be able to claim income support .
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If the man does not leap in, the Adlerian can again claim support for his theory.
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If Mr Ali makes it here, his family could claim support worth £1,300 a month.
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To claim income support or a payment from the social fund contact your local social security office.
command
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Programmes would wither away if they did not command sufficient local support .
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This is an all-star team that commands support and respect.
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The coterie of would-be revolutionaries commanded no widespread support .
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It is a standard which even today does not command the support of a majority of this Court....
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Proposals for the expansion of post-school education are therefore likely to command majority support .
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There are other changes which would command general support .
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Clearly, this is a programme which could command considerable support , but its development has been impeded by several problems.
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The difficulty is to find a solution that will command majority support in the House.
continue
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This week-end event continues to excite enthusiastic support , demonstrating the strength of community life which exists in Kidlington.
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Schmidt said Bertelsmann was continuing to seek the support of other music companies in remaking Napster.
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Thank you for your continuing support .
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Strong, unified and continued support is essential.
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Meanwhile Fund raising events continue , your support is always appreciated.
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Ministers also continue to express full support for protective designations, especially the green belt26.
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Conference, scheduled for Sofia in 1995, and express their intention to continue their support for this process. 12.
enjoy
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Coffee, however, enjoyed no such support .
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The great exodus was on, from city to suburb, aided by developers but also enjoying great public support .
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Consequently, these relationships enjoy unrestricted support and protection.
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For 15 years, I have worked for a nonprofit civil-rights organization that regularly enjoys the co-counsel support of major law firms.
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The Socialist project of the Mitterrand government may be dead, but its cultural entrepreneurship continues to enjoy wide popular support .
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But Lott appears to enjoy the support of a majority of Senate Republicans, especially conservatives led by Sen.
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The Nonconformists were therefore greatly encouraged and enjoyed much popular support at this time.
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The growth of home ownership has enjoyed cross-party support in Parliament.
express
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UMass coach John Calipari said former players had called, expressing concern and support .
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Ministers also continue to express full support for protective designations, especially the green belt26.
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Texas Republican chairman Tom Pauken expressed strong support for the proposal.
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The rates were incapable of bearing the burden in their view and they expressed cautious support for a local income tax.
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More than 1,000 residents of Aldeburgh have expressed support for Mr Wilson.
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He began organizing the event in earnest after the White House expressed support 10 days ago.
gain
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In contrast, the electrostatic mechanism is moderately noisy and initially failed to gain any real support .
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Another way to gain support is to place a bed board between your box spring and mattress.
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Having gained the support of the staff, attention then focused on the children.
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They worried that the experienced subordinate would go over their head and gain support from their superiors.
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However, if the result is a more effective birth control programme, it may gain her active support .
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This arrangement proved fairly successful in terms of gaining popular support .
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Yet here was Gardner, muscles bulging through his blue singlet, gaining support from the and gaining hope.
give
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Internationalism required that two thoroughly nationalistic and non-socialist movements be given complete support .
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Studies of other disorders show that medications given without such support likely are doomed to fail.
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Competitors are forbidden to give each other support and are individually timed.
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This will happen only if a literacy struggle can be given the support and the priority that it demands.
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If so, you need to give her lots of support and encouragement to resolve that.
lend
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Some psychoanalytic writing appears to lend support to these assumptions.
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Elizabeth Hurley and Robert Wagner lend support .
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In these circumstances it was the business of responsible churchmen to lend support to the monarch in every way they could.
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We see this as a national event of great importance and we are lending it our full support .
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However plausible this suggestion, empirical investigation has lent it no support .
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These results lend support to the idea that tenascin alternative splice forms may also have functional significance at the protein level.
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And, given his political sympathies, was Bernstein deliberately lending his support to that account?
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Throughout the 1630s he continued to lend his wholehearted support to the Arminian takeover of his church.
need
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It needs support from an explanation, in terms of the conditional theory, of how there can be such counter-examples.
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They need all the support they can get.
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It needs the support of the Department of Culture as it reinvents itself.
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As men, we need this type of support .
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Imprisonment and becoming refugees had affected us badly and we needed the support we were given.
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If the floor is properly framed, you should not need extra support underneath to bear the weight of the fireplace.
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Now he needs to build his support by explaining what he believes in.
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As important as the Organization Pillar is, it still needs strong support from the other four.
offer
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Most adoption agencies offer support for three months after the adoption, but this is unlikely to be sufficient.
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Strangers patted their shoulders and offered words of support .
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They appeal for her to contact the hospital staff on a special telephone number so that they can offer her help and support .
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The president offers partial support for training for some workers, but no income support.
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Not only may she offer him her full support , she may say he is unassailable.
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Students may comfortably do this work if an adult is next to them, offering emotional support .
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A worship committee should be able to offer support as well as advice to the director.
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My job is to offer help, support , advice.
pledge
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He has pledged to increase support by 10 percent above the rate of inflation for the next three years.
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It pledges their support for efforts to protect the Stockton Darlington Railway Line.
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Netscape Communications also pledged its support for the new operating system.
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Having pledged its support for the environment and the poor, there is mounting pressure for it to institutionalize some safeguards.
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Call 623-1000 to pledge your support or get more information.
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More than 400 Wensleydale Smokebusters have pledged to help support some one wanting to give up cigarettes.
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The Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin was helpful toward that end and pledged monetary support .
provide
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David was therefore offered inpatient care for up to 10 days to provide him with intensive support .
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When crop-dusters come under fire, it is up to DynCorp helicopter pilots to provide support .
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Married women whose husbands provided the support expected of them, however, had a low risk of depression following life events.
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If they provide excellent support for some one of heavy build they're most unlikely to suit anyone lighter.
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The Trust provides fact-sheets and support for anyone affected by toxoplasmosis and educates health professionals.
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We will continue to provide generous support for students and to expand our student loans commitment.
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As well as losing power this provides support for the pronounced body lean into the turn.
rally
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A campaign to rally support for this was launched in March.
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Still, Reagan could not rally support sufficient to get the Congress behind the effort.
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The essential need when a proposed redevelopment poses a threat is to rally popular support .
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They must also be able to rally support and achieve results in the midst of almost constant organizational change.
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I intend to rally that support .
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She rallies support for the endangered whale, catalogues underwater life and creates new devices in which to explore virgin sea worlds.
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The intelligentsia was actively rallying support against the eviction.
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Banks own small stakes of their own and can rally support against a bidder.
receive
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Nevertheless, museums were among the first scientific institutions to receive direct government support for science, and particularly for scientific research.
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Being a conservative, Arrangoiz did not receive even as much support from Congress as had Pinay Cuevas.
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They have received the support of the private sector and they are now requesting material from the Regional Council.
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Example Mr Smith receives income support so he pays 20% of the community charge.
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Lilley asked to be put into receivership after a financial rescue package did not receive full support from its bankers.
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It is by no means clear that the Labour Party would receive little support in Northern Ireland.
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All of these areas of research receive financial support from industry or government sources.
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Gundobad fled to Avignon, where he may have received Visigothic support .
seek
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The Profitboss is wary of finance people, seeking their support but running miles to avoid their control.
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Schmidt said Bertelsmann was continuing to seek the support of other music companies in remaking Napster.
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I have to seek such support from charity.
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And, as noted earlier, the finance and senior executives at TeleCable already have the skills needed to seek equity-based support .
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However, in 1990 the government launched a full-scale economic restructuring package for which it sought World Bank support .
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Adolescents, as is appropriate, sought each other out in public places and sought support from each other.
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It sought formal Solidarity support for the government through a permanent representation committee.
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They judge for themselves the quality and character of the political leaders who parade before them on television seeking their support .
show
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Polls had until recently shown support for Mr Patten but now a majority wants him to back down.
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All the indicators show that parental support helps young people come through solvent abuse quicker.
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All true-blues fans should come out and show their support .
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A poll taken earlier this year showed 80% support for abolishing conscription.
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He also thanked those who came to show their support .
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A straw-poll of representatives yesterday showed support for the Chancellor is remarkably resilient.
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Nevertheless, statewide polls still show overwhelming public support for the Games.
win
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The aim of the exercise is to win support for the constitutional settlement that Britain and Ireland have already outlined.
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They have articulated plans and goals and have won the support of voters.
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Can you win back support in this area.
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But never before has the proposal gone so far as to win support from one house of Congress.
withdraw
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They withdrew their support and Fawcett, whom they had seconded to the project, moved on to other research.
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On Saturday, the joint chiefs met with Arteaga and formally withdrew support from Bucaram.
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On Wednesday, they threatened to withdraw support for a minimum wage boost if the so-called poison pill amendment passed.
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On 23 November, Pollitt and Campbell withdrew their support from the initial statement and were readmitted to their positions.
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In the same document, Ratzinger directed bishops to withdraw support from gay Catholic organizations that did not accept this teaching.
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If reinsurers receive further adverse experience on political risk, they may withdraw their support for this class.
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WordPerfect Corp is thought to have withdrawn its support .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be loud in your praise/opposition/support etc
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Nevertheless, both my master and Agrippa were loud in their praise of my martial prowess.
lend (your) support (to sth)
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Elizabeth Hurley and Robert Wagner lend support.
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In these circumstances it was the business of responsible churchmen to lend support to the monarch in every way they could.
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President Clinton lent support to the bill Monday.
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She lends support to the ecumenical cause.
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Some psychoanalytic writing appears to lend support to these assumptions.
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These results lend support to the idea that tenascin alternative splice forms may also have functional significance at the protein level.
lend weight/support to sth
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I lent weight to his side of the story but they sent him down.
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In these circumstances it was the business of responsible churchmen to lend support to the monarch in every way they could.
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Not withstanding the need for more investigation, the evidence surveyed in the previous chapter certainly lends weight to this view.
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President Clinton lent support to the bill Monday.
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Recognising this paradox lends weight to the patriarchy thesis, explaining away many apparent counter-examples.
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Some psychoanalytic writing appears to lend support to these assumptions.
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The recent closures of the paper mill and the aluminium smelter at Invergordon lend weight to this argument.
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These results lend support to the idea that tenascin alternative splice forms may also have functional significance at the protein level.
moral support
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Steve went with her to provide moral support.
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I don't believe Wellington stayed to give De Gaulle moral support.
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I want you there not just for moral support but to have a witness present.
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Last year they gave heavy financial and moral support to Democrats.
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Louise came up for the funeral and stayed on for three weeks to give moral support.
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Mahdi denies that his movement wants weapons or financing from Washington, saying moral support and diplomatic pressure are enough.
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Voice over Finally, Dawn came here, where she's been given practical and moral support.
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When a baby is newborn, friends, family, and even strangers deluge us with moral support and advice.
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With his moral support a group of nobles and clergy from both sides tried to work out peace terms.
supporting part/role/actor etc
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At a crucial moment, the United States played an important supporting role.
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Benicio Del Toro won the best supporting actor prize for Traffic.
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But the chief joy despite several eye-catching supporting roles remains watching Courtenay milk the script for all its worth.
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He felt the other two were satisfied to play supporting roles to Gedge and to a lesser extent, himself.
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Hopper won a supporting role in that film too.
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Its most unarguable successes are in the main supporting roles.
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The meats are unfailingly tender and flavorful, and the stuffed tomatoes deserve a Tony Award for best supporting actor.
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The three supporting roles are all superbly played.
supporting wall/beam etc
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The roof was in an appalling state and the supporting beams were rotten.
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There was a portico, generally of wood, with posts supporting beams, and decoration was in terracotta.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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supports for the bridge
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Carter had seen his support dwindling in the southern states.
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He was grateful for his friends' support during his divorce.
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I'd like to thank you all for your support in the upcoming election.
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I couldn't have finished my degree without the support of my family.
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I would not have been able to finish writing the book without the support of my husband and family.
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Our two company lawyers provide all the legal support we need.
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Private companies should not rely on financial support form the government.
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Thanks for all your support - it's been a hard year.
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The bridge fell down because it didn't have enough support .
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The party's support has always been in the big cities.
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This sofa has good back support .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At the same time, Mrs Aquino is mobilising popular support for her beleaguered government.
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Day-care provision also lacked the support of women trade unionists.
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Higher education for the deaf receives the same lukewarm support .
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In the light of that, the next step will be for the Government to identify proposals that will command the support of the House.
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In the past they say they've suffered prejudice and poor support .
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It is very important to have the greatest possible support around the expansion slot area.
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The paper support for this is a flimsy piece of plastic, and a wire loop.
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This dependence upon parental support , though necessary if schools are to survive, is socially divisive.