1.  Chief executives meet with legislators and constituents to discuss proposed programs and encourage their support.

2.  The Conservative National Union and the National Liberal Federation were formed in order to facilitate and encourage the support of the new electors.

3.  And more of them are available these days because two factors encouraging instinctive support of a president no longer matter.

4.  By honoring private arts patronage of the past, the Russians are trying to encourage private support from the West for their cash-starved museums.

5.  He went on to support various neighborhood projects, making contacts with friends and business owners to encourage their support.

6.  I will encourage bipartisan support within the United States and around the world.

7.  Other recent discoveries of birdlike dinosaurs and dinosaurlike birds have encouraged support of the theory of a dinosaur-bird ancestral link.

8.  The city and state have also sought to encourage private sector support for their plans with tax laws that offer rebates to companies contributing to the arts.

9.  The final law encourages support of the legal system.

10.  The Navy invites business groups, politicians and journalists onto its ships to encourage support for its programs.