underwrite

The world where a narrow urban elite could lead parallel lives while a large rural hinterland eked out its separate existence has gone and with it the type of patriarchy that it underwrote.
Le monde, où une petite élite urbaine peut mener des vies parallèles pendant qu’une grande région rurale provençale gagne son pain durement est disparu et avec lui le type de patriarcat qu’il a généré.
In this context, the Council noted with satisfaction that, in its orientations regarding budget procedures for 1998, Parliament recognized and underwrote the need for budget headings to be made in a spirit of maximum realism.
Dans ce contexte, le Conseil a noté avec satisfaction que, dans ses orientations sur la procédure budgétaire de 1998, le Parlement a reconnu et souscrit à la nécessité que les inscriptions budgétaires répondent à un maximum de réalisme.
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