1. He's a staunch supporter of controls on government spending.

2. She's a staunch advocate of free trade.

3. He gained a reputation as being a staunch defender/supporter of civil rights.

4. Tom tried to staunch the blood with his handkerchief.

5. Her parents were staunch Methodists.

6. He is a staunch supporter of amateurism.

7. They tried to staunch the flow of blood.

8. Politically, she is a staunch opponent of reform.

9. They were staunch British patriots and had portraits of the Queen in their flat.

10. The country's asylum laws were amended to staunch the flow/flood of economic migrants.

11. Many voters are staunch anti-federalists, opposed to the concept of regional government.

12. He used a rag to staunch the flow of blood.

13. Old blackout curtains staunch the break of day.

14. He also initiated a staunch campaign urging retractions.

15. I thought I would never staunch the flow.

16. Another staunch supporter is Wulstan Atkins, Elgar's godson.

17. Entrepreneurs immediately became staunch patriots, and agreed to pay wages only at the official rate.

18. Thereafter, it was fostered by de Gaulle's staunch support of Adenauer's hard line on Berlin.

19. The declared goal of Washington's policy is to staunch the flow of illicit drugs.

20. For staunch opponents, there is mounting concern about a political and legal climate that more readily fosters capital punishment.

21. Forbes is a staunch conservative, but the liberal Jerry Brown once proposed a similar plan.

22. He used the cloth to try to staunch the flow of blood.

23. He was such a loyal, staunch and tender-hearted friend of my family, and such an outgoing man.

24. Mum and Dad are staunch Pentecostal church-goers, and will be all their lives.

25. Lena is a staunch religious conservative who slaps her atheistic daughter across the face.

26. The government claims this is the only way to staunch the annual flow to Germany of hundreds of thousands of refugees.

27. He was noted for his prodigious memory, was deeply religious(/staunch.html), and a staunch advocate of temperance.

28. There was a purge of ministers sympathetic to reform and office was entrusted to staunch conservatives.

29. Mrs Chan, Hong Kong's most popular public official, consistently proved a staunch defender of its autonomy.

30. None the less, the forces of change may weaken even the most staunch set of beliefs.

1. He's a staunch supporter of controls on government spending.

2. She's a staunch advocate of free trade.

3. He gained a reputation as being a staunch defender/supporter of civil rights.

4. They tried to staunch the flow of blood.

5. Politically, she is a staunch opponent of reform.

31. Britain's role in the Berlin air-lift earned her the accolade of a staunch and like-minded ally.

32. He has been a staunch supporter of the Liberal Party for over thirty years.

33. While he denies substantive impacts, he is a staunch political conservative.

34. The Republican party has traditionally been a staunch champion of the vested interests, and it still is.

35. President Bush was a staunch opponent of abortion under all but the most extreme of circumstances.

36. A staunch anti-communist, Craxi became party secretary in 1976 after a palace coup.

37. With one other lagging behind ... That's what the Imperial Fists would be seeing, staunch horror in their hearts.

38. The US has been a staunch ally of ours for many years now.

39. It bubbled up from somewhere deep and was too strong to staunch.

40. There was that black future to fend off: there was the endless black past to staunch and help.

41. My hon. Friend has been a staunch ally in trying to resolve difficulties as they have arisen for my constituents.

42. Stumbling to his feet, he fumbled with the broken pieces, trying to staunch the gas flow.

43. Both men are staunch conservatives, but of the two Lott is the more ideological and aggressive.

44. She was a staunch Methodist and a great admirer of our mutual friend Edna Jacques, of whom we often spoke.

45. A staunch supporter of the Good Friday agreement, he is the first victim of the Troubles since July.

46. Boal was a successful barrister who combined staunch unionism with a left-of-centre position on social and economic issues.

47. He started to pour cold water over me, inpart to staunch the blood, inpart to revive me.

48. Luis is pressing his hand up against the wound to staunch the flow of blood.

49. The organization, which is known for its staunch opposition to gun control, made the expenditure under Proposition 208.

50. When I read the script, I thought he was a sentient man, a staunch fella.

51. As a staunch feminist, she grew alarmed as all the positions of power were taken by men.

52. Away from the Bank, he is a staunch supporter of Dundee.

53. Some are staunch racists; some are trying to make a difference on the campus.

54. Of course there were those who remained staunch, Guy reminded himself, as he reached into his tunic for a few coins.

55. There were hopes that Gordon Brown might try to staunch the outflow with a concession in his last Budget.

56. As a public man and staunch Congregationalist he was active in social reform, notably in promoting total abstinence.

57. Her family were prominent and staunch parliamentarians and, after the Restoration, noted dissenters.

58. He has been a staunch advocate of the open skies policy which has helped to open up regional aviation.

59. That list candidates will be staunch party members goes without saying.

60. The producer was Av Westin, who is a staunch male chauvinist, but there was absolutely no hesitation, no objection.

61. Formative influences here were his happy marriage and his staunch commitment to his Catholic faith.

62. He was a staunch Methodist, a lay preacher.

63. He is a staunch communist.

64. He is a staunch partisan of the Republican Party.

65. Even the staunch Conservative will turn.

66. He is as staunch a churchman at Oxford.

67. They are staunch supporters of the Republican Party.

68. A staunch materialist , he decries economy.

69. a staunch supporter of the monarchy.

70. He has turned into a staunch fighter.

71. The HKSAR is a staunch supporter of free and open trade and supports the launching of a new round of broad-based and balanced multilateral trade negotiations.

72. Aries, the sign Uranus will settle into, is a fire sign like yours, dear Leo, so for the first time in a long time, you can count on staunch support from a major planet.

73. We knew Luns as a staunch friend of the United States.

74. Suffering from the affliction, but having staunch perseverance and courageous spirit, she wrote two novels and thirty-one short stories.

75. P. I'm as staunch a Britisher as you are, sir.

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76. He hopes Aobama will become the staunch proponent that the technology develops truly henceforth very much.

77. Such alarmism reflects, to a degree, a desire by the Sunni, American-allied governments of countries such as Egypt and Saudi Arabia to staunch what they see as a rising tide of Iranian influence.

78. That would depend upon whether the germs of staunch comradeship underlay the temporary emotion.

79. It also remains a staunch supporter of NATO and the EEC.

80. The staunch ally of the proletariat is the peasantry, and next comes the urban petty bourgeoisie.

81. He has been a staunch critic of authoritarian regimes around the world, writing a regular newspaper column that is widely published in the Spanish-speaking world.

82. I am well aware that you are a staunch supporter of the Work Ethic.

83. A staunch progressive, Shaw joined in 1884 the Fabian Society, an organization of middle-class socialists dedicated to mass education and the legislative reform of England.

84. The people's army is a staunch pillar of the people's democratic dictatorship.

85. I always saw him as being that staunch disciplinarian who rarely cracked a smile.

86. Efforts to staunch the spill of crude oil from a tanker off the north coast of Scotland are being held up by gale force winds.