Sentence examples for as a backstop from inspiring English sources

"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.

As a backstop, to ensure savings, the law creates a Medicare cost control board.

There has been marked improvement since then, so it acts mainly as a "backstop".

"As a backstop, we will legislate for the mansion tax to start in the following financial year, 2016-17".

The state is acting as a backstop for informal monitoring: in stable societies, transactions between strangers are mostly self-policing.

Those opposing reform argue that emergency rooms are always available as a backstop for those without insurance.

Many deals must also go through clearinghouses, which act as a backstop in case one party defaults.

A fund of 440 billion euros (about $600 billion) was set up in May as a backstop for European countries.

"During the Great Depression, the government had neither the means nor the capability to serve as a backstop".