Sentence examples for core of support from inspiring English sources

The debate today signaled that he can count on a limited but hard core of support in the boisterous parliament.

That, he said, is why Mr. Assad's core of support has endured despite the misgivings of many loyalists.

A strong core of support for maintaining ties with the North cuts across South Korea's otherwise divided landscape.

"You need both a strong core of support to avoid being eliminated in the first round, plus a broad base," Mr. Hill said.

Allies of Ms. Pelosi said she had retained a strong core of support in the Democratic caucus and would be easily re-elected.

Neither is likely to win an absolute majority.Fretilin, now five years in opposition, has a hard core of support yielding up to 30% of votes.

If the president is to pass his health care legislation, he must tap into the core base of support the helped him win the 2008 elections a core that consists significantly of young Americans.

This would give Herzog a core base of support of 42 seats – pretty much a dead heat with Netanyahu.

General Musharraf seized power in 1999, and the country's army is his core base of support.

"They have lost the center, they are feuding with the Salafists, and they are now down to their core 25 percent of support.

The divisions such movements sow have always posed a particular challenge for Labour, since the party's core base of support is vulnerable to social and economic change to start with.