Roger Hiorns said: "The spine and the backbone of national art is the Arts Council collection.
To our loving grandmother and mother-in-law, you were an inspiration to us and the backbone of our family.
Coal has been the lifeblood of the city for 150 years and the backbone of its steel industry.
Our understanding of vertebrate origins and the backbone of human history evolves with each new fossil find and DNA map.
Rudy was a gentleman, the consummate professional, a cherished friend, and the backbone of his family to which he was thoroughly and completely devoted.
This national core reference data will then be the backbone of public sector information and the backbone of a data revolution led by Britain.
He also used conspicuously warm words to describe Saudi Arabia's contributions, calling Saudi Arabia an important country and "the backbone of the GCC".
The live-ins are the resident counselors at The Bridge, serving as the administrative and counseling leadership, and the backbone of our 24-hour counseling service.
West Bank towns were reoccupied and the backbone of the terror network that seemed so close to breaking Israel's will was crushed.
The "barbarians" these people were talking about — the rural poor, who are overwhelmingly Sunni and the backbone of the opposition — probably constitute half of Syria's population.
That was their primary formula down the stretch last season and the backbone of their game plan in Super Bowl XLV.
