noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a committed supporter
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He remains a committed supporter of the present government.
a passionate supporter of sb/sth
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President Johnson was a passionate supporter of the space programme.
an active supporter
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The company is an active supporter of animal rights groups.
ardent supporter
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an ardent supporter of free trade
enthusiastic supporter
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He is an enthusiastic supporter of the war.
football supporter (= someone who supports a particular football team )
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55 football supporters were arrested after the game.
loyal supporter
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a loyal supporter of the team
rival fans/supporters
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There were fights between rival fans after the match.
staunch supporter/ally/advocate
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one of Bush’s staunchest supporters
vocal opponent/critic/supporter etc
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She was a vocal opponent of the plan.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
active
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The Midland Group has been an active supporter of the railway since 1955, both practically and financially.
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For the remainder of his until his death in June 1989 he nevertheless remained an active and devoted supporter .
ardent
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I was an ardent admirer and supporter of MacBrayne's buses: they opened up the north-west for me.
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Jerry Falwell were ardent supporters of the Likud and its policies.
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Hope was an ardent supporter of the Society, and was its President from June 1859 until its dissolution after 1878.
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Then Macleod, to the astonishment of some of his most ardent supporters , decided not to enter the lists.
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He held numerous cabinet posts and was an ardent supporter of Mrs Thatcher.
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Many were held in the scientific institutions where some of the nonconformists most ardent supporters worked.
conservative
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By the end of the campaign, Labour identifiers were 41 percent more optimistic than Conservative supporters about Labour's chances.
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But this attitude on the part of conservative supporters may also be due to status differences.
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A Mori poll last week gave him the support of 29 % of Conservative supporters compared with 25 % for Mr Portillo.
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The evidence for this is mixed, showing that a great number of those who bought shares were already Conservative supporters anyway.
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But it is a happy thought that Glenda Jackson probably affects Conservative supporters in much the same way.
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On the one hand Conservative supporters seem more concerned about the outcome on Thursday and are fractionally more likely to vote.
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As the figures show, Conservative supporters are keenest that their party should govern on its own.
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There have been plenty of City frauds and scandals involving Conservative supporters .
enthusiastic
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However, he later recognised John Baskerville's genius and became his enthusiastic supporter .
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The governors have power and responsibility, with just a little encouragement they can also become a most enthusiastic supporters club.
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Gary has had an interest in nature since childhood and is an enthusiastic supporter of conservation and environmental issues.
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Her predecessor, Karl-Heinz Funke, was himself a farmer and an enthusiastic supporter of intensive agricultural methods.
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One enthusiastic supporter more than a century ago offered to go without pudding for a year to raise much-needed funds.
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Harwell's director, Sir John Cockcroft, was an enthusiastic supporter of fusion research.
fervent
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A fervent supporter of Home Rule, he had converted to the Roman Catholic faith.
firm
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As a former schoolmaster, he has always been outspoken on education issues and a firm supporter of traditional learning methods.
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Bob Dole had seemed a firm supporter , but that was then.
labour
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Naturally, Labour supporters have shrouded MacDonald's name in treachery.
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The recession had no discernible consequences for the ability of Labour and its supporters to maintain political work.
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In the Labour Party the supporters of rearmament - Dalton and Bevin - were forced to work behind the scenes.
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In view of the threat of expulsions contained in these circulars, Labour supporters of Unity had to reconsider their position.
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Whereas most of the Heralds readers were Labour supporters , only two-thirds of the Mirror's were.
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It's a story which should inspire all Merseyside's Labour supporters and ensure the Tories do not become complacent. 17.
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A larger proportion of Labour supporters favour a deal with the Liberal Democrats.
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Eventually, I muttered that we were Labour supporters .
loyal
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There is a limit to the knocks loyal supporters can take.
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Oregon has an organization like this too, called the Fast Break Club, with fifty loyal supporters .
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For 30 years, he was a paid-up and apparently loyal supporter of its policies.
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Mrs Roosevelt had a much stronger and more loyal band of supporters than Mrs Clinton does.
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Paul Alexandre, his loyal and sympathetic supporter , left Paris to serve in the army medical service.
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Many of our most active and fervently loyal members and supporters are members through direct entry.
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The loyal and paying supporter demands greater respect from the club.
political
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They are inseparable. Political supporters have been invited to White House functions since the beginning of the republic.
staunch
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A staunch supporter of the Good Friday agreement, he is the first victim of the Troubles since July.
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However, after learning of the Midway plan, he became one of its staunchest supporters .
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The occasion will, I hear, attract Mrs T's staunchest supporters .
strong
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Even its long-standing strong supporters are cautious in their appraisals today.
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In fact, Downtown in general has nearly as strong a supporter in Riordan as it had with his predecessor Tom Bradley.
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Modernization theory, like the Weber thesis, has its strong supporters and its strong detractors.
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Pat Buchanan has built a strong coalition of supporters .
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Both were strong supporters of municipal enterprise.
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He is a strong supporter of a bill before Congress to limit the number of death penalty appeals to four.
■ NOUN
dole
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Among Dole supporters , 28 percent took that view.
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Jim Kolbe, R-Ariz., a Dole supporter , immediately attacked the idea of decertification.
football
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I don't just mean football supporters , or race-goers, or athletics buffs.
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And those football supporters , storming the terraces.
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My generation of football supporters have no idea at all if George Best or even Pele were that good.
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After all, some of them might be football supporters .
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It's a long shot, but well worth trying. Football supporters aren't the only ones who go around enmasse.
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Male speaker They're football supporters through and through up here.
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Furthermore, the fans themselves, although recognising the different types of football supporter , will not think in terms of a career structure.
■ VERB
lead
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The Trust is one of the world's leading non-government supporters of medical research.
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The leader of the revolt was Antonio Palacios Miranda whose first act was to imprison the leading government supporters in that area.
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This has led supporters of this particular point of view to deny the premise.
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And these wives are largely locked into a role of helpmate and lead supporter for their husband-the-diplomat.
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The initiative is no cure-all, emphasizes Ross Forney, who led the supporters .
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
stalwart supporter/ally etc
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Few people could have made a less favorable impression or turned out to be such a stalwart ally.
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They are her stalwart supporters in a dosed, oppressive world.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Supporters of women's rights are protesting against the court's decision.
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a Labour Party supporter
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Milan supporters cheered as they scored their first goal in two games.
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Mill was a strong supporter of political reform.
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Several supporters were arrested outside the stadium.
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She had always been one of the prime minister's strongest supporters.
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The town was full of football supporters, waiting for the big day.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Hormel is a long-time supporter of the Democratic Party and there were no suggestions of wrongdoing on his part.
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How does he sound populist without offending his supporters in the corporate boardroom?
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It was the revolutionaries who were the villains, the Royals and their supporters the good and kind and handsome heroes.
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Its supporters in the streets may melt away at the first sign of trouble.
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Nevertheless, Kasparov is coming under increasing criticism from his supporters for his stubborn adherence to the Grunfeld Defence.
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Rangers' supporters replied in kind, and so the blood feud went on and on - and continues to this day.
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The strongest opposition is likely to come from supporters of nuclear power, which was cut sharply in the Clinton budget.