Sentences with phrase «gave widespread support»

Last week MPs gave widespread support to an amendment, put forward by the Conservative MP Jill Knight, that bans the use of fetal eggs in the treatment of infertile women.

The pre-curved 3D design distributes pressure evenly across your foot to keep you more comfortable and give you widespread support.

Given the widespread support for providing families a single - sex option, it is surprising no politician has made this issue an election platform component.

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If you plan to seek outside support for your business's finances, give this program a shot, as its widespread familiarity will make transmitting your data to your accountant a snap.

It would seem that no thought - through secular substitute for the philosophical and religious convictions which once helped give society a reliable fabric of civility has as yet won widespread support.

«The independent NHS Future Forum confirmed there is widespread support for the principles of our plans, which give freedom and control to doctors, nurses and front - line professionals.»

This singular move gave the panel credibility, widespread acceptability and massive supports from all over the country and across political divides.

But I would argue that Cuomo actually did Skelos a favor by taking this approach with minimum wage, giving the Senate Republicans a path to voting «yes» on something that enjoys widespread public support, but risks further inflaming their already angry conservative base.

They believe that their mandate to tackle the deficit and avoid the fate of Greece (despite questionable economics, it still has widespread voter support, according to this week's Guardian / ICM poll) gives them the opportunity to go back on Cameron's pledges in the search for that extra # 13bn.

Indeed, just yesterday, Andy Smarick at the Core - supporting Thomas B. Fordham Institute lamented that the write - up for President Obama's education budget proposal gives the administration credit for widespread Core adoption.

The widespread support that Chicago parents gave their children's teachers indicates the many points at which the interests of parents, teachers and students go hand - in - hand.

The Kindle Fire's reasonable price, together with the potential of widespread Android app support, makes the device an enticing option, especially for families who want to give a tablet to the kids without having to blast through five bills.

The selection of artist Jimbo Blachly and poet Lytle Shaw as editors of the Chadwick Family Papers is sufficiently eccentric to have given rise to the widespread consensus that the Chadwicks themselves are mere figments of their editors» febrile imaginations; a belief amply supported both by the indignities to which the archive itself has been subjected (Vaseline) and the fact that purported Chadwicks have appeared only in the heaviest and most peculiar of disguises (in suits of armor, or as Johnnie Walker look - alikes) and have borne a startling resemblance to their supposed employees.

REV supports widespread deployment of clean renewable power generation, and giving electricity customers new opportunities in determining how their electricity is generated and for lowering their utility bills.

Given the model's capabilities and its close alignment with a range of scenarios published in the Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC we support its widespread use among a broad range of users and recommend that it be considered as an official United Nations tool.

Though the dirty energy industries» dislike of Obama seems a bit misplaced, (between allowing widespread fracking and his support of drilling offshore and in the arctic, Obama has given the fossil fuel lobby plenty) it does make sense that they would support Mitt Romney.

Given the lack of widespread support for both standards here in the UK, we'd argue that neither is a massive loss - especially if, as is likely, their absence is a contributing factor to the Ascend P6's super-slim body and adequate battery life.

Given the widespread international support for the Declaration, it is appropriate that the Declaration be used as the yardstick against which the actions of the Australian Government are assessed.