Sentence examples for ardent backer from inspiring English sources

In 1928 she was an ardent backer of Al Smith for the Presidency.

Rogich told me that although Adelson had been an ardent backer of Rudy Giuliani, once McCain became the presumptive nominee Adelson said he would support him.

It is an ardent backer of South Stream, a Balkan gas pipeline that Russia is promoting in defiance of European Union rules on public procurement and energy liberalisation.

But by 1994, challenging Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Mr. Romney sought to establish himself as an ardent backer of abortion rights.

He was, for example, an ardent backer of Israel, and pushed Democratic and Republican administrations not to waver in their support of the Jewish state.

McCain is an ardent backer of his good friend Senator Lindsey Graham, who is languishing in the G.O.P. Presidential primary polls.

Kenyans and Kansans, Hawaiians and Chicagoans — and mainly the cosmopolitans who are his most ardent backers.

Senators Obama and McCain have ardent backers on the Island, along with hesitant supporters.

His announcement is expected to defuse the anxiety of non-Muslims, but could also anger Shariah's ardent backers.

The directive's most ardent backers are NGOs such as the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth.

"The country was against him because of Bill Clinton," said Representative Norm Dicks, a Washington Democrat who was one of Mr. Gore's most ardent backers.