Sentences with phrase «attracted considerable support»

A Private Member's Bill introduced in 1978 by Liberal MP Clement Freud attracted considerable support, but fell at the 1979 election.

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While Nigel Farage and his lieutenants have invested considerable resources in terms of pavement politics in the working - class midlands and north - east, they still have considerable difficulty attracting the support of younger and urban voters — precisely the electoral tranche Labour is now pursuing.

This hypothesis has empirical support and presently attracts considerable attention, but notably it does not provide predictions for individual differences in (a) behavioral plasticity or (b) unexplained variation (residual variation from mean individual behavior, here termed predictability).

RIM's main challenge will be to attract more support from application developers as the company is going through a tough period, with considerable pressure on its smartphone business.

CanLII has also received considerable indirect financial benefit from LexUM through low cost access to leading edge technology and service as LexUM's prior affiliation with the University of Montreal allowed it to attract support from a variety of sources and LexUM's own passionate commitment to CanLII led to the sharing of its technological advancements.