Sentence examples for as backup for from inspiring English sources

The Navy (which owns 'Alvin') cancels permission for the expedition to dive in the steepest parts of Hudson Canyon, the assumption being they are moving nuclear submarines through there as backup for the aircraft carrier battle group now deployed off New York City.

Automakers use such reserves as backup for defaults on the auto loans they extend to their customers.

Ainsworth is unlikely to fill his substitutes' bench at Crawley on Saturday and, at 43, the ex-QPR winger has signed on as backup for another season.

"Each of the characters has his or her solo, but they've also got to be there as backup for the others".

In addition to his solo music, Sunnyland Slim often worked as an accompanist or as backup for other bluesmen, and in the 1970s he founded his own label, Airways Records.

Structural clay tile, also called terra-cotta, is a larger building unit, containing many hollow spaces (cells), and is used mainly as backup for brick facing or for plastered partitions.

While related, they operate somewhat independently, almost as backups for each other.

Were UBS caught up directly in a disaster, Mr. Costas said, the firm's dispersal could be helpful, because some sites could serve as backups for others.

Wireless data services are being used as backups for existing landlines and in places where landlines are too expensive to deploy.

GPRS networks are still widely used as backups for newer, faster 3G wireless networks, and consumers are often diverted to GPRS grids when they reach the limits of their monthly data plans.

Tony Meola of the Kansas City Wizards, the starter in the Americans' first two exhibition games this year, and Zach Thornton of the Chicago Fire were picked as backups for the Feb. 28 game at Columbus, Ohio.