support of/from? Britain's first or first of Britain's?

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Q)11. Although it was once funded entirely by the vernment, the Victoria and Albert Museum was one of the first of Britain's national museums seeking support from corporations and private donors and to increase income by increasing attendance.
[A] one of the first of Britain's national museums seeking support from
one of Britain's first national museums seeking support of
[C] among Britain's first national museums to seek support of
[D] among the first of Britain's national museums to seek support from
[E] among Britain's first national museums that have sought the support of
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by kartikshah » Tue Jul 24, 2012 6:25 am
AJWILL wrote:Q)11. Although it was once funded entirely by the vernment, the Victoria and Albert Museum was one of the first of Britain's national museums seeking support from corporations and private donors and to increase income by increasing attendance.
[A] one of the first of Britain's national museums seeking support from
one of Britain's first national museums seeking support of
[C] among Britain's first national museums to seek support of
[D] among the first of Britain's national museums to seek support from
[E] among Britain's first national museums that have sought the support of


support of and support from are both phrasal verbs however, they are different in meaning.
Here, we are talking about museum seeking funding FROM X and Y, hence support from is better.

I would go with D

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by mv12 » Tue Jul 24, 2012 11:42 am
+1 for D.

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by AJWILL » Tue Jul 24, 2012 12:48 pm
yes OA is D

but i just dint understand the construction
"among the first of Britain's national museums to seek support from"
"one of the first of Britain's national museums seeking support from"

first Can be "one" only not more.i just dont understand

if u could please enlighten me

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by henryjejo » Tue Jul 24, 2012 7:11 pm
Gurus,

Could you let me know the difference between Support Of and Support from. I was confused between answers "C" and "D".

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by henryjejo » Thu Jul 26, 2012 11:41 pm
Ok...Got this answered from another thread. Here's the answer...

support of : you support something.
support from : you get some support from someone or something.

To seek and to Increase are in parallel....Correct answer is D.

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