Sentence examples for amass support for from inspiring English sources

Activists in Tunisia used the Internet in December and January to help amass support for the protests and revolt that toppled the government of Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali.

"While the team and I were touring the globe trying to amass support for the bid the president decided to pull the bloody plug and do some horse-trading with South Africa without giving us the courtesy of a heads-up.

The trade-off, with Democrats gaining among the college educated while Republicans amass support among those without degrees, creates a long-term advantage for the Democrats because college graduates are growing as a share of the U.S. voting population.

As the former president's pardons threatened to eclipse the current president's plans, George W. Bush held his first news conference in the White House today and sought to redirect public attention to, and amass public support for, his proposed $1.6 trillion tax cut.

She has been trying to amass political support for her campaign for some time, and claims to have put in four request to chat to current NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian about the issue, who she says has rejected each of her requests.

When Congresswoman-elect Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez first came to Washington she cheered on protestors who took over Pelosi's office and she's only been amassing more support for her Green New Deal, which seeks to put the nation on a 100percentt diet of renewable energy.

The sum had been amassed despite lavish support for various good causes and his personal ethic which made him reluctant to sell on a falling market in cases where he saw such behaviour as likely to deepen a slump.

They will compete with Perry for the hardcore conservative vote and could make it difficult for him to amass the support needed to beat Romney.

It also allowed Dewsnup to amass significant support while receiving little scrutiny.

After spending $60 million and taking a yearlong swing across America, Pickens has amassed enough support to persuade both Republicans and Democrats to propose legislation that gives incentives for natural gas vehicles and fueling stations.

Alas, the evidence it amassed to support this claim seemed a little shy of watertight.