supporting material

collocation in English

meaningsofsupportingandmaterial

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supporting
adjective
uk
/səˈpɔː.tɪŋ/
us
/səˈpɔːr.t̬ɪŋ/
not the most important actor or part in a film ...
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material
noun
uk
/məˈtɪə.ri.əl/
us
/məˈtɪr.i.əl/
a physical substance that things can be ...
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(Definition ofsupportingandmaterialfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsupporting material

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The book is lavishly illustrated with photographs of items from the exhibit (always in full color) and othersupportingmaterial(in black and white).
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The parties filed over 60 affidavits andsupportingmaterialof over 1,000 pages.
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Reviews 681 a vast amount ofsupportingmaterial, the result of extensive field research.
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The other two publications could provide some of thesupportingmaterialfor trainers.
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From early 1998, you can now supply onlinesupportingmaterialfor your paper.
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As a reader, and a teacher of disability studies, there is much here that would be useful in the classroom or assupportingmaterialfor students.
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One complaint might be levied: given that the work is aimed in part at the student market, thesupportingmaterialat the end could have been stronger.
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When final decisions have been taken we shall announce them and also decide whatsupportingmaterialshould be published.
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Where those reports refer tosupportingmaterial, the committee requests the holder of that material also to make it available to inquirers from the public.
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I understand that the main document andsupportingmaterialwill run, when complete, to over 1, 000 pages.
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It is proposed to bring these provisions into force later this year when a range ofsupportingmaterialis ready.
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There are seven officers currently undergoing this training, whose course fees andsupportingmaterial are costing a total of approximately £34,000 for the current financial year.
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We are also producingsupportingmaterialwhich will be issued in substantial quantities.
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Those briefs andsupportingmaterialpay tribute to the work done by the drafting committee.
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We have set out our reasoning in detail and provided thesupportingmaterial.
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I am disappointed that this time thesupportingmaterialcontains no such detail by department.
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During next year's recruitment round we will be adding to those initiatives with a local bus advertising campaign backed up bysupportingmaterialin local media sources.
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There was a range ofsupportingmaterialincluding story books with mathematical problems.
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The original 35mm negative and allsupportingmaterialwas shipped back to her, but she had no interest in (or appropriate storage for) the material.
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It often (but not always) involves newsupportingmaterialinjected by the arranger.
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