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Discover LudwigThe phrase "appearance of supporting" is not correct in standard written English.
It may be intended to convey the idea of seeming to provide support, but it lacks clarity and proper grammatical structure.
Example: "The appearance of supporting evidence was crucial for the case, but it ultimately fell short."
Alternatives: "seeming to support" or "illusion of support".
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El Saadawi points to the relaunch of the Egyptian Feminist Union (EFU) after a decades-long ban as a sign that the military regime is employing the same methods as Mubarak – giving the appearance of supporting women's rights.
After confirming the appearance of supporting structures by turning the object around, each student needed to convert it into G-code and save it in a SD card.
Military personnel in uniform cannot engage in any activity that gives the appearance of supporting any political, religious, or ideological movement.
Petitions were circulated both for and against; Shirley Pratt Ferril, who graduated from Talladega in 1974, wrote that "in view of [Trump's] behavior and comments I strongly do not want Talladega College to give the appearance of supporting him".
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"Given Mr. Fehr's attempt to create the appearance of internal club division on the issue of revenue sharing, I would remind each of you of the importance of maintaining an appearance of support for all of the clubs' bargaining positions in public and private conversations.
4chan didn't cause this, of course, but its reaction to the moral panic at the heart of this issue only justifies that panic and lends it a veneer of legitimacy – and the appearance of support, if you only look at the headline numbers.
As FOIA requests continue to pile up, as evidence of ineffectiveness, malfeasance and ineptness builds and as legal challenges begin to take form, it is my hope that you and President Barack Obama will seriously consider the ramifications of giving the appearance of tacitly supporting this failed experiment.
Recent studies suggest a great deal of heterogeneity in the gross (Barkovich, 2010 b ; Leventer et al., 2010) and microscopic (Judkins et al., 2011) appearance of polymicrogyria, supporting the concept that polymicrogyria is heterogeneous in cause, embryogenesis and gross characteristics.
Both natural and experimental infection studies demonstrate the appearance of APP supporting their use in detection of inflammation and response to therapy [ 1, 14, 18, 19, 21, 24, 41– 41].
Early positions on typography (the "arrangement and appearance of text") supported traditional spacing techniques in English publications.
Another recommendation of Powell's was to foster and support independent outspoken groups to lend the appearance of popular opinion supporting the business-friendly agenda as it makes its way through the co-opted outlets, because even he knew these ideas were not popular.
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