True to Fitch's statement that it would be hard to sustain public support for the cuts, protesters took to the streets.

Even on the present terms, sustaining support for a war among the American people will be hard enough.

The critical task is to sustain international support for the commission's work.

But to sustain public support, alliance leaders have to be willing to negotiate.

The Independence party has been able to sustain sufficient support to maintain major party status.

He must design an effective battle plan and couple it with a skillful diplomatic campaign that sustains strong international support.

It makes it much easier to sustain public support for the difficult work they need to do.

But he warned that Nissan might not be able to sustain such support for as long as a year.

But he said that the Bush administration might not need peace here to sustain Arab support elsewhere.

History suggests that the more government restricts press coverage, the less the public is likely to sustain support of a war effort.