"back up arguments" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it when you are presenting evidence or facts in support of an assertion in a paper, essay, or other written work. For example: "The author backs up her argument by citing several statistics from the census."
Though ODEC remains committed to pursuing the project, the delay comes as a welcome relief to local residents, and backs up arguments made by environmental and community groups that there is no pressing need for coal-fired power from such a massive plant.
To back up his arguments, he provides a trove of data.
She summons a considerable array of data to back up such arguments.
He has carried that over to Ohio, where scouting reports are sprinkled with numbers and assistant coaches need data to back up their arguments.
"Above all, she valued civil servants who did not simply defend the status quo (and) who could back up their arguments with clear evidence".
One can listen to responses generated by the consultation but then wholly ignore the suggestions from disabled people who know their subject and can back up their arguments.
While survey-driven analysis may be strong, charities lack academic, psychologically-driven research to back up their arguments, says David Milton, head of fundraising at Worldwide Cancer Research and a guest leader on the Resource Alliance's Future Leaders programme.
This all said, do back up your arguments and build a compelling narrative for why sustainable business makes sense, gathering and sharing inspiring stories as well as hard data.
So that explains how both sides can back up their arguments with numbers, and both technically be right.
Links are more than just footnotes that show an author has done the research to back up his arguments.
Both airports have been lobbying and using advertising campaigns to back up their arguments that they alone should be the preferred location for any new runway.
