Sentence examples for support of a bid from inspiring English sources

About 100 people have marched through York in support of a bid to have Richard III buried in the city.

A feasibility study of a potential Boston Olympics commissioned by the Massachusetts state legislature and published earlier this year noted specifically, "The USOC requires a high level of public support for a bid city to be considered".

Truss is understood to be close to Rachel de Souza, and De Souza is believed to have sought the minister's support for a bid by one of her academies to lead a maths hub in her area, which would bring the trust extra funds.

Corbyn critics said they feared that this would allow MPs to organise in support of a leadership bid by McDonnell, in the event of Corbyn resigning under pressure.

Globalnet reiterated its support of a previous $9 million bid from NewMedia Spark, a British company that invests in start-ups.

The government, initially reluctant, seems to be coming round to the idea of supporting a bid for London to host the Olympic games in 2012.Promises of prestige, a tourism boom and urban regeneration are counterbalanced by worries over money.

Downing Street confirmed last Friday that the government was considering ways of cutting financial support in a bid to reduce overall fuel bills.

By the time of the auction three and a half weeks after the campaign had been launched, the museum had raised enough money to support a bid of up to £1.7 million.

Apparently, someone at DCMS (not Jeremy Hunt, as implied in the email from lobbyist Frédéric Michel dated 10 January 2011, but probably his special adviser, Adam Smith) wondered whether to ask me to write some "op-ed" in support of the bid, and as a critique of the Ofcom report on the transaction.

"Sir Alex Ferguson came in last week with a video in support of our bid and spoke passionately about it and I am sure that must have helped".

The New York ad calls Mr. Schumer's support part of a craven bid to one day become the Senate Democratic leader and archly asking, "What did President Obama promise him?" The spots could be just the beginning of what is expected to become several highly local advertisements pressing Democratic senators to vote against Mr. Hagel.