They were also all former fervent supporters of the Spanish rule.
I was a fervent supporter of that brilliant, foolish man.
He is a fervent supporter of a more united Europe.
The most fervent supporters of this linkage are in the House.
Despite this, he was (according to his own account) not a fervent supporter of their cause.
He was a fervent supporter of the fight for Greek independence.
She was a fervent supporter of numerous important causes all her life and a devoted friend to many.
The hopes of her fervent supporters could easily, and quite quickly, be crushed.
I am telling you this as a fervent supporter of freedom, democracy, human rights and the environment.
I am, therefore, a fervent supporter of a tax on financial transactions.
He was a strong supporter of giving more power to the King.
Construction workers have been another group of strong supporters for the project.
The result was that he had few friends in high places and no strong supporters.
He is also a strong supporter of gun rights for the individual.
More recently, he was a strong supporter of a European central bank.
There, he was a strong supporter of the French party.
But they are also strong supporters of freedom on the Internet.
Both are strong supporters of the Administration's health care proposal.
"All of us are strong supporters, but can we go on?"
I found very few ardent supporters among white or Asian students.
We were each other's toughest critics and most ardent supporters.
The children probably wanted Richard to come watch another game; he had been an ardent supporter of each team.
But many less ardent supporters spoke in more practical terms.
But even his most ardent supporters offered no actual reasons why he'd be a good president.
He has credited her with being his most ardent supporter.
Some big corporations are ardent Republican supporters as well, though usually over a specific issue.
He fought for social justice and his experience during the war made him an ardent supporter of peace.
"We are all ardent supporters of the revolution in this house!"
He has a core of ardent supporters, but others have moved back and forth.
Nietzsche, as is well known, was at one time an ardent follower of Schopenhauer.
The samurai did not invent the system; they were just ardent followers of it.
They are already a special team, with ardent followers everywhere.
Their ardent followers tended to be lower or middle class, with little education or influence.
As a student, he was an ardent follower of Hegelian philosophy.
Some of his more ardent followers believe that the rabbi is himself the Messiah.
For Beck's most ardent followers to listen to in one go.
Patience, as one ardent follower said, is her shining quality.
But if that is so, the little prophet may alienate his most ardent followers.
Initially Ali refused to accept simply because his most vigorous supporters were rebels.
But the technology industry, particularly in California, has been an especially vigorous financial supporter of the President and the Democratic Party.
She became a vigorous supporter, a mentor and a major benefactor of the library.
But aides to the lawmakers say the congressmen have been vigorous supporters of the city on other legislation.
Vallandigham was a vigorous supporter of constitutional states' rights.
"The old idea of colonial exploitation", he later conceded, "still had its vigorous supporters."
The Bush White House hails the shift, as do some of its vigorous supporters.
He had been a vigorous supporter of Ronald Lauder.
Sweet was a vigorous supporter of women's rights.
If that agreement is reflected in the bill, he said, "I'm a vigorous supporter."