considerable support
collocation in Englishmeaningsofconsiderableandsupport
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considerable
adjective
uk/kənˈsɪd.ər.ə.bəl/us/kənˈsɪd.ɚ.ə.bəl/
large or of ...
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support
noun
uk/səˈpɔːt/us/səˈpɔːrt/
agreement with and encouragement for an idea, group, ...
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Our findings lendconsiderablesupportto the notion that the ventral retina is somehow connected to the dorsal retina.
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This seems a plausible assumption, and hasconsiderablesupportin much of the recent literature discussing the nature of emotions.
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Most respondents were in touch with their family, and their relatives generally offered social contacts andconsiderablesupport, particularly with shopping, housework, outings and room-decoration.
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Nevertheless, the programme getsconsiderablesupportfrom international agencies.
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There was thereforeconsiderablesupportfor local leaders with embedded local social relationships who could be trusted to achieve this.
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Across all this, pacifist and antiimperialist sentiments foundconsiderablesupport.
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The effects of religious commitment and doctrinal orthodoxy showconsiderablesupportfor the culture wars thesis.
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Is thereconsiderablesupportfor the conservative religious establishment?
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Most are physically frail and needconsiderablesupport, and hence are likely to be living in specialist residential or nursing home care.
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Considerablesupporthas been expressed for lifelong education initiatives, both in relation to prolonging workforce involvement and in retirement.
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There isconsiderablesupportin the literature for the practical involvement of children in the making of music.
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There isconsiderablesupportfor the view of property as relationships, rather than things.
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There is, in fact,considerablesupportin the literature for the proposition that inflation has distributional consequences, and can lead to higher poverty and inequality.
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On the contrary, there isconsiderablesupportin scripture for the thesis that personal identity is not retained in the resurrection.
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Finding evidence that governments built hierarchy into this relationship out of concerns about defection lendsconsiderablesupportto the explanation advanced here.
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This exercise garnersconsiderablesupportfor the notion that voting behaviour, in itself, alters subsequent voting proclivities.
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An expanded picture havingconsiderablesupportfrom developments in cognitive neuroscience is the following.
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These studies provideconsiderablesupportfor the notion that the difficulties with response inhibition that are experienced by patients with schizophrenia arise from a dysfunction in prefrontal cortex.
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The concepts of early identification and early assessment have gainedconsiderablesupport, and currently around ten countries have established early warning systems or horizon scanning centres.
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Despite consistent and large yield returns to pre-rice green manuring in research studies andconsiderablesupportintervention by government and other agencies, rates of adoption have been low.
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