Friends were supportive initially: phone calls of encouragement, invitations to dinner.

Ball said he was initially supportive of the project to publish the book, Stop!

Despite this he was initially supportive of the Stanford 20/20.

She was initially supportive, but later opposed the project.

And parents who were initially supportive may later develop hostility toward their child's gender identity.

PA, the ruling party, was initially supportive of Norway's role.

Lyons was initially supportive of the Soviet regime and found the actions it took against its internal opponents to be credible.

He returned after the French Revolution which he was initially supportive of.

After the Revolution, the government was initially supportive toward the artel movement (since it is "collectivist").

Cosby was initially supportive of the film, but distanced himself from it closer to the release date.