Sentence examples for supported the thrust of from inspiring English sources

Senator Larry E. Craig of Idaho, a current member of the association board, said he supported the thrust of the bill.

The business select committee's report was a cross-party affair and supported the thrust of the complaints made by Unite, the trade union, for many years.

Her dissents became less frequent after 1982, and in 1984, toward the end of her term, she told the New York Times she had supported the thrust of the Fed's anti-inflation campaign.

"They always end up supporting the thrust of the policy established by President Nixon," one of engagement.

And money could be saved by targeting now-universal welfare benefits, like fuel subsidies for pensioners, at the poor.The Economist still supports the thrust of Mr Osborne's plans to reduce the deficit largely by means of spending cuts.

Indeed, Wisden added, "there was an appreciable weakness due to the absence of top-class spin to support the thrust of Lindwall, Miller and Johnston".

And in the Tories, he has an opposition that supports the thrust, if not every detail, of the government's plans.

In 2006, a review by the National Academy of Sciences concluded, with some reservations, that "an array of evidence" supported the broad thrust of the research.

As well as the government, many Labour politicians have supported the main thrust of the reforms.

The Local Government Association said it supported the main thrust of the bill, which it sees as a platform to deliver local solutions to homelessness problems, while ensuring there is a "safety net" for the most vulnerable members in society.

The BBC also remained somewhat defiant pointing out that the BBC Trust has supported the "central thrust" of the programme "which was that there was clear evidence that work was being outsourced from factories in India in contravention of Primark's own ethical trading principles".