Sentence examples for lessen support for from inspiring English sources

Mr. Pataki's strategists have said that while they do not expect to win the black vote -- he received 11percentt in 1994 and 15percentt in '98 -- they do believe that they can lessen support for State Comptroller H. Carl McCall, the Democratic nominee, who is seeking to become the state's first black governor.

If the position of ctenophores was affected by long-branch attraction, we would expect that the removal of outgroup taxa would alter the branching order or lessen support for non-bilaterian relationships [ 6].

Mr Zapatero outlined the stance he took over the war and the occupation during Spain's recent general election, but made it clear that it did not lessen his support for a successful transition to democracy in Iraq.

Nor has India's new government shown any sign of lessening its support for Sheikh Hasina.

The People's Daily article, however, focused on how these summits lessened American support for Japan.

"Any individual or group that thinks they can intimidate the United States into in any way lessening its support for Lebanese democracy, they are sorely mistaken," he said.

(The Harvard trustees have showed no sign of lessening their support for Summers, but at press time his fate remained uncertain).

To the extent that Fatah, the P.A., and the P.L.O. have been dedicated to a two-state solution, their failures — from liberation to governance to peacemaking — have lessened public support for the desirability or viability of the goal itself.

Stricter requirements would "properly align incentives for megabanks by lessening government support for the financial sector, and reassure financial markets that the U.S. financial system is healthy," the lawmakers write.

When he drew fire from the political right for his shift on Iraq, Mr. Murtha said his criticism of the war in no way lessened his support for the Americans fighting in it.

And last week, the General Accounting office agreed, but said any delay should not be interpreted as a lessening of support for the fighter.