proponent vs proponent member

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• I can't say that I'm a huge proponent of marriage.
• Fuller was a proponent of using technology with a humanistic approach.
• Astrophysicist Dr. Richard Berendzen, the original proponent of this extraordinary Broken Mirror Theory.
• The EU as a proponent of peace is undermined if Turkey is allowed to enter into negotiations regarding EU membership in a situation in which the country continues to be an occupying power in the northern part of the new EU member, Cyprus.
• I am a committed proponent of net neutrality.
• Ashton is a fervent proponent of a sovereign Palestinian state; she believes that the planned new dwellings in East Jerusalem undermine the Palestinians' right to sovereignty.
• I'm not a proponent of aggravated assault.
• Need I remind you, I'm not a proponent of violence.
• Our Parliament was and is the strong proponent of strong EU foreign policy.
• I count myself a proponent of the EU.
• You see, I have long been a proponent in the search for Earth.
• A huge proponent of getting the bad guys to pay for bad things.
• Currently Hu Jia is under house arrest in China because there are a sufficient number of people there who believe that he is a proponent of their ideas.
• These objections relate in particular to the Dutch candidate Mr Bolkestein, for he is the most outspoken proponent of policies for effecting cutbacks, privatisation, deregulation and the lowering of taxation.
• Although I am a strong proponent of animal welfare I am hesitant to ban practices such as the import of seal products provided it can be shown that the suffering of animals is kept to a minimum when they are killed.
• Mr President, the violent death of the Governor of Punjab, Salmaan Taseer, who was always a proponent of religious tolerance, brings the strengthening of extremist forces to the eyes of the world.
• Since the main proponent of these improvements - the only non-Muslim government minister - is now no longer with us, will the Commission take on an active role with regard to religious matters in Pakistan?
• I'm not a proponent of violence of any kind, against anyone, certainly not... (Laptop closes)
• I'm a proponent of flying in the face of conventional mealtime dictums.
• There's the proponent and the opponent in an adversarial, dialectical argument.

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