Sentence examples for supported chiefly from inspiring English sources

Like the SPCK and SPG, they were founded not by churches but as autonomous societies supported chiefly by denominational constituencies.

When a court throws out a death penalty law backed chiefly by Republicans, it is paranoid to see party as a factor, as much as it is when a court voids a gun control law supported chiefly by Democrats.

The result was a tie between the PNM and the main opposition party, the United National Congress (UNC), which was supported chiefly by Indo-Trinidadians; the two Tobago seats went to the NAR, led by Robinson.

Supported chiefly by his relatives and his own smoking gun, Saddam Hussein al-Takriti has two key disgruntled groups to contend with: the Shiite Muslims, who account for around 55% of Iraq's population, and the separatist Kurds, who account for about 15%; the Kurds sit astride much of the oil.

King and his heirs eventually accumulated more than 1,250,000 acres (505,850 hectares) of land, building an empire (supporting chiefly cattle, sheep, and horses) that spread over Kleberg, Nueces, Kenedy, and Willacy counties in Texas.

For 16 years, though well liked personally, Mr Khan attracted support chiefly from an insignificant bunch of educated youngsters.

Already during the war, teams of doctors traveled to bombed areas to provide medical support, chiefly with intravenous fluids, as dialysis was not yet available.

He resigned in 1975 to embark on a pilgrimage to blues locations in North America, supporting himself chiefly by busking.

The ballot initiative is chiefly supported by the state's teachers unions.

The most impressive venture is the London-based Mihai Eminescu Trust (Met), chiefly supported by the American Packard foundation.

The roof is chiefly supported by timber posts on stone or bronze bases, and the walls of the building serve merely as screens in brick or timber.