minimal support

collocation in English

meaningsofminimalandsupport

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minimal
adjective
uk
/ˈmɪn.ɪ.məl/us
/ˈmɪn.ə.məl/
very small ...
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support
noun
uk
/səˈpɔːt/us
/səˈpɔːrt/
agreement with and encouragement for an idea, group, ...
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(Definition ofminimalandsupportfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofminimal support

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Our expectations of parents go beyond provisions ofminimalsupport.
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The social environments in which many children now live offerminimalsupportfor healthy emotional development and are often openly and multiply aversive.
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In addition to theminimalsupport, the user selects a minimal confidence in order to prune out random rules.
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Finally, the most conservative threshold of evidence for systems theory is a significant difference in the regression coefficients between clusters;minimalsupportfor systems theory is suggested by this method.
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Primary care groups and trusts only need to provideminimalsupportto develop and co-ordinate walking schemes, in contrast to traditional exercise prescription schemes.
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Fiftyseven percent of the respondents received administrative support for organic agriculture activities, while 37% receivedminimalsupportfrom their administration.
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Divorce laws provide at bestminimalsupportfor divorced women, as well.
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Recent consultation on the effect and level of the threshold revealed onlyminimalsupportfor such a change.
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I very much hope that this amendment will receiveminimalsupport.
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I believe that a secret ballot would showminimalsupportfor the industrial action.
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It allows adequate representation of minority parties while excluding those withminimalsupport.
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It is an outrage that we leave them to get on with it withminimalsupport.
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In view of the widespread opposition andminimalsupportthat has been generated in the recent debate on education vouchers, should not the whole subject be dropped?
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Individuals who had been barred from baseball, though not formally ineligible, no longer received even theminimalsupportgiven them in the two prior elections.
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Despite the change of location, the losing continued and the team drewminimalsupportfrom the area.
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The first version of the protocol supported basic check in and check out operations, but hadminimalsupportfor more advanced operations.
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There was no hangar andminimalsupportfacilities the ship was essentially a platform for practising landings at sea, and a deck to transport helicopters on.
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Diefenbaker stood for re-election as party leader at the last moment, but only attractedminimalsupportand withdrew.
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Pressured by globalization, generous welfare states have found themselves incapable of competing with those that provide onlyminimalsupportto their citizens, making very low social support the norm.
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The bill was met withminimalsupport.
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