6 sentences with 'supported'

Example sentences and phrases with the word supported and other words derived from it.

« solid rock in some places, in others it was only supported by rubble; at one point it rested on a stone barely eight centimeters in diameter. »
« He was awarded a scholarship to study medicine in Portugal, but got into trouble with the Portuguese secret police because he supported Angolan independence. »
« Treholt frequently visited his Greek friends, including Papandreou. He supported the latter in the futile campaign of the Greek Socialist Party against Greece's entry into the European Economic Community. »
« Over the course of the 19th century, the Industrial Revolution supported and enabled Europe's transformation from regional power to global hegemon. »
« The Mesopotamian priesthood supported the idea that the gods had chosen the kings to rule, a belief that quickly bled into the idea that the kings were at least partly divine. »
« David and Solomon supported the priesthood, so there was a direct link between the growing Yahwist faith and the political structure of Israel. »
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