And it has been too stingy with the kind of long-term development aid required to consolidate popular support.

He said he would reach out to his primary rivals "to consolidate Democratic support."

A triumvirate, formed on October 6, failed to consolidate support.

This gives the former Prime Minister the opportunity to consolidate support by receiving a fresh mandate at the polls.

It is often difficult for the winner of a primary to consolidate support from the candidates who had opposed her.

That report helped consolidate support for construction of the Thames Barrier.

Since the communist base areas were mainly inhabited by minority peoples, this helped consolidate support in these areas.

A Western diplomat said today that Iraq's action was "not the best way to consolidate support."

During the campaign, he has sounded some of the old anti-Communist themes, but largely to consolidate support on the far right.

The principal task ahead is to consolidate support at home.