give grudging support

But after more negotiations, it was said to have given grudging support to the ban.

He even persuaded King James to give grudging support.

They gave grudging support of the Tithe Procession, and the better off sacrificed a lamb on their birthday.

But both companies gave grudging support to an agreement to limit subsidies that was negotiated last summer between the European Community and the United States.

While most of the workers seemed to have vented their anger during assemblies this morning, they gave grudging support to the decision after ending their strike and leaving the yards.

The Western powers, largely unsatisfied with the Treaty of Nanjing, gave grudging support to the Qing government during the Taiping and Nien Rebellions.