public support
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpublicandsupport
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public
adjective
uk/ˈpʌb.lɪk/us/ˈpʌb.lɪk/
relating to or involving people in general, rather than being limited to a particular group ...
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support
noun
uk/səˈpɔːt/us/səˈpɔːrt/
agreement with and encouragement for an idea, group, ...
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(Definition ofpublicandsupportfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Publicsupportof the dominance of the supply-side in health policy was strong and broad for most of the twentieth century.
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They recognize thatpublicsupportstrengthens the moorings of federal institutions and gives them additional leverage in interactions with other levels of government.
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These imply thatpublicsupportfor the new direction either (1) never did exist or (2) was satisfied by a few months of unusual politics.
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But the obstacle remains, he argues, a guerrilla insurgency which has lost political andpublicsupport and has an increasing interest in continuing the war.
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After a few years,publicsupportbecame the most important financial source.
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Knowledge about both types of information are critical to predicting overallpublicsupportfor democratization.
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It is suchpublicsupportthat governors managed to capitalize on in their elections.
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With such cooperative,publicsupport, the model for nonprofits in the pharmaceutical industry can grow.
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However, there were only a few balloonists who could afford to eschewpublicsupport.
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Furthermore, attempting to implement policies withoutpublicsupportrisks damaging the system we have in place.
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The regime can use both of these processes to gainpublicsupportfor-or, at least, general acquiescence in-unpopular government policies.
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The union's broad base ofpublicsupportalso suggested that material grievances resonated beyond the ranks of communists and union activists.
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Combined with growingpublicsupportfor risk-averse policies, these revisions have had important policy impacts.
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Within the literature it is widely assumed that the unequal distribution of burdens and benefits translates into different stances ofpublicsupport.
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His arrest also affected the 1999 election in which the opposition gained muchpublicsupportdue to issues of corruption, cronyism, and nepotism.
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The reshaping of political geography-the extension of the actual and imagined reach of the state power-had to garnerpublicsupportin order to achieve success.
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These programmes are politically enabling in that they encourage and maintain vitalpublicsupportin the quest for improved health and reduced mortalities.
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To what extent doespublicsupportfor subnational officials fluctuate in response to local rather than national performance?
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Publicsupportthrough extension, new seed injections and capacity building of local seed entrepreneurs are essential for sustainable new variety diffusion in the dry areas.
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