Sentence examples for won supporters from inspiring English sources

Break for the hills Truth and consequences ReprintsIn China the Confucius revival has won supporters and detractors.

But so far, the nutritional supplements company appears to be resisting his efforts, having won supporters like the billionaire Carl C. Icahn eager to hammer the short-seller.

The club rapidly won supporters among the conservative, working-class population of the Casbah and beyond, for it combined three things Algerians cared passionately about: freedom, religion and soccer.

In rapid-fire succession, the plan to send large numbers of patients to continental Europe has raised far more objections than it has won supporters and, indeed, has rebounded on British authorities.

However, the wild card in the election is the Five Star Movement, whose comedian leader, Beppe Grillo, has won supporters with a message of radical change, including a plan for a referendum on Italy's eurozone membership.

It is highly debatable whether even an FA Cup success would have won supporters round in any case, but defeat merely removed the last twig to which the manager could cling for support.

Mr. Medrano's message is apparently winning supporters.

Far from presenting new obstacles to drilling, the rules could win supporters for hydrofracturing.

But in recent years, the Rifkin thesis has been quietly winning supporters in the academy, especially among its younger members.

Moreover, Ms. Yellen's personal qualities, highlighted by the 1996 episode, have helped her win supporters even among her ideological opponents.

Though the Jewish population in America is traditionally Democratic, the new closeness of Bush and Sharon can now only win supporters to the Republican side.