Sentence examples for broad public backing from inspiring English sources

When it began at the start of February, the crackdown, ordered by Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, had broad public backing.

Karbala's government, chosen by religious leaders with broad public backing, has gone so far as to ban both opposition parties and American troops.

The transportation agencies say that new roads, bypasses or road widening need to have broad public backing or local officials will reject them.

Allowing same-sex partners the same rights as straight couples to visit and make medical decisions for their hospitalized loved ones enjoys broad public backing, even as the country remains polarized over the question of marriage rights for gay men and lesbians.

But then he had wide public backing.

After all, this is a country in which even the most important thinkers have expressed their views for the broad public, going back to Adam Smith via Charles Darwin to name but two.

Whatever one thinks of the president's ambitious but expensive vision, it is doomed to fail unless it first acquires broad public support and scientific backing through extensive discussion.

Attempts to close the gap, going back to the George W Bush administration, have repeatedly failed despite broad public support because of pressure on congressional legislators from the NRA.

Eventually, the bill drew broad public support.

John was aiming at a broad public.

The Communists enjoyed broad public support.