Sentence examples for supported sir from inspiring English sources

Fifteen members of the authority supported Sir Ian, seven members voted against him and one abstained.

A Department for Education spokesman said it "fully supported" Sir Michael's statement.

With Tony Blair not voting in person, but privately keen not to be seen to insist on a Labour Speaker, at least 25 ministers, including David Blunkett, Margaret Beckett, Jack Straw and Peter Mandelson, supported Sir George.

"Ever since the takeover the Glazers have supported Sir Alex Ferguson 100% in the transfer market.

"A consumer might well think: 'I had better not buy a Samsung - maybe it's illegal and if I buy one it may not be supported'," Sir Robin said.

Froome supported Sir Bradley Wiggins in last year's Tour success, but Team Sky boss Sir Dave Brailsford indicated last November that Froome would lead their bid for a repeat in 2013.

His most hopeless task was in 1945 as Labour agent in Richmond, Yorkshire, a large agricultural seat supporting Sir Thomas Dugdale, a former Tory minister of agriculture.

Some 50 MPs have committed themselves to supporting Sir Michael's party, and the agreement has the backing of former prime ministers Sir Julius Chan and Bill Skate, a necessity of government formation in a highly divided nation.

The 1823 Great Match Race between the North and South drew an estimated 60,000 spectators to the Union Course on Long Island the attendance equivalent of an average Breeders' Cup Saturday with more than one-third of these race goers having traveled by any means possible from the South to support Sir Henry's contest against American Eclipse.

I found myself becoming very curious whether economists who support Sir Nicholas's pure time discount rate of near zero, such as econ bloggers John Quiggin and Brad DeLong, identify themselves as pro-choice or pro-life, and whether they had considered the Stern Report from this angle.

11.58am BST Other views from intelligence community In an analysis piece, Nick Hopkins writes that not everyone in the intelligence community supports Sir Andrew Parker's views, which he summarises as "the public doesn't have a right to know anything that MI5 deems sensitive".