Sentence examples for supportive sort from inspiring English sources

"Ellen is a brilliant comedian, she is warm, she takes jabs but in a very supportive sort of way.

Ellen said, "I think you're better than that," continuing her trend of being honest but supportive, sort of a sane Paula Abdul when it comes to trying to be a cheerleader for them to do their best without her being mindless.

My dissertation supervisor was really supportive, they sorted out concessions for me when needed and they were absolutely fine about my level of non-attendance".

All my managers are really supportive of any sort of PD, professional support that we can do but it basically comes down to the budget".

Two years ago, when all of this was at its height, the audience was appreciative and supportive of the sort of gallows humor that I put out there," Brutsch said.

From what I understand this is particularly true of the UK, since the legal framework is very supportive of that sort of activity.

But we can't be supportive of this sort of individual [Doherty]." Mr Lorenz added: "Together with the Ozzy Osbourne concert the day before, it's the last thing we need in the middle of Mayfair".

Something that helps them, so in other words it's supportive rather than sort of tell them off that they're doing something wrong, it is understand, just understand why it's happened and say you know what this is not entirely your fault and I would go through let me see how we can work together on this and see what we can do.

West Ham United's David Gold – ironically, perhaps, the least able to do something to bring about safe standing given that his club do not own their stadium – has been the most vocal owner in favour but many more are privately supportive and would support some sort of trial.

"The US is not interested in this sort of supportive social welfare policies that have tended to typify Europe," she says.

"We offer a whole range of pool-based activities via Swim4Health – from aqua jogging to aqua fit, Aqua Zumba and Swim4Fitness – but more importantly we provide the same sort of supportive, hand-holding approach that you'd get on joining the gym," explains group swimming manager Mark Haslam.