Sentence examples for supported lost from inspiring English sources

With a battle over redistricting looming during the 2001 legislative session, and with the Republicans' thin edge over Democrats in the Senate, many senators feared political retribution if the candidate they supported lost.

If we wanted a larger government as a share of GDP, we would have to raise taxes substantially on everyone.[Bold mine.]It seems to me that Mr Hubbard has a fundamental and difficult realisation of his own to make, to wit, that the candidate he supported lost the presidential election.

When the faction we had elected to support lost control of events we pulled out.

Ryan Matthews, with a fiancée and 2-year-old to support, lost a series of jobs after he was exonerated from Louisiana's death row.

Asked whether support lost during that summer could be won back, Misbah replied: "That's another challenge.

With sponsors and support lost, the riders in the sport are exposed and vulnerable in so many ways.

A subsequent opposition movement weakened Mr. Musharraf's grip on power, and a party, Pakistan Muslim League-Q, which was his political support, lost badly in 2008 elections.

"They're losing support; losing grip with reality.

Ikhlas Abdel Rahim Nimer, from Al Sahafa newspaper, obtained second place for her piece entitled "Street children: losing family support, losing identity".

Indeed, the majority of antibodies immobilized on a solid support lose their capacity to bind their antigen at pH 4.5 and below [ 18].

Tellingly there were no high profile Tories at the count to support their losing candidate.