Sentence examples for As a backstop from inspiring English sources
As a backstop, to ensure savings, the law creates a Medicare cost control board.
"As a backstop, we will legislate for the mansion tax to start in the following financial year, 2016-17".
As a backstop, reserves need to be easily convertible (so they can be used as an emergency source of liquidity) and a good store of value.
As a backstop to the growth story you have the possibility that a big energy company will view Apache as an attractive acquisition.
"We used the fence as a backstop.
It would have been nice to have this power as a backstop".
It can also provide credit lines as a backstop to governments who fear an investor strike.
There has been marked improvement since then, so it acts mainly as a "backstop".
In this framework, there is a long-term contract market as well as a backstop spot market.
Under the regulation establishing Mueller's role, the Justice Department would serve as a backstop.
And why anger the base if you've got the judicial branch as a backstop?
