Sentence examples for a firm backer from inspiring English sources

Danny Alexander, the chief secretary to the Treasury, is a firm backer of service integration.

Biden was a firm backer of Maliki, because it was through Maliki that the Americans seemed sure of an easy exit.

He is hardworking, honest, personable and a firm backer of the sorts of changes sought both by the EU and the IMF.But there is still be one big obstacle in the way of such a neat resolution: Devlet Bahceli, the Nationalist leader and also a deputy prime minister.

He is a firm backer of the euro; so much so that he would be ready to allow countries into monetary union even with budget deficits above 3.0% of GDP, a target which the government and most Germans thinks vital to the new currency's credibility.

Its former leaders, firm backers of the president, were forced to resign over claims of illegal financing and votes-for-cash.The new party leadership looks set to be a weakened version of the old.

But the foot soldiers in his effort are a small cadre of executives who aren't as well known and, in some cases, were once firm backers of Mrs. Clinton.

(Update: We asked Lockitron to confirm a firm shipping date for backers but they did not respond to our email.

Even under the new law, it is unclear whether lenders who step in after a bankruptcy have priority over old claims, undermining any incentive for a would-be backer to give a firm a second chance.As a result, any reorganisations that do take place often happen informally.

She went on to found two companies, help start another and with her husband, Neil Senturia, a real estate developer and backer of software firms, started Blackbird Ventures, a firm that invests in start-up companies.

Ms. Meeker said her firm, an early backer of Google, didn't invest "a penny" in the March quarter.

The funding was led by investor Northzone, a Nordic firm and Spotify backer.