Sentence examples for try to retain support from inspiring English sources

These provinces remained loyal and formed the mainstay of Saddam's support base throughout the uprising.Supporters of the monarchy in Bahrain are painting the unrest as a Shia uprising to try to retain support of the country's Sunni community (despite leading Sunni opposition MPs, including Munira Fakhro of Wa'ad, coming out in support of the protest movements).

"While Salvini tries to talk to the whole of Italy, they are losing support in some parts of the north, so this kind of referendum is being used to try to retain support, especially with talk of keeping more money within the territories," said Alfieri.

For years, members of Venezuela's elite have supported politicians of a variety of stripes to try to retain their influence in the economy, said Miguel R. Tinker Salas, a Venezuelan who directs the Latin American studies program at Pomona College in Claremont, Calif.

The Hawks are expected to try to retain Johnson.

Corbyn might well try to retain the whip.

So America is right to try to retain formal control if it can.

"He's definitely someone we're going to try to retain going into next year.

He said he expected Chris-Craft to try to retain its interest in UPN.

Others try to retain most of the processes within their own company.

I'm entitled to try to retain as much privacy as I can.

I want to go into the competition and try to retain my title.