Sentence examples for backbone of the operation from inspiring English sources

The three of us alone produced one issue, but Alex was the backbone of the operation.

When JobDirect.com, a job search site catering to college students, decided to go the outsourcing route, making sure that its hefty Oracle database at the backbone of the operation was well integrated and managed was a top priority.

Statt had secured the backing of the UK's Royal College of Veterinary Services the first homeless-outreach project to do so while Joseph sourced the software that is now the backbone of the operation, and encountered enthusiasm from the drugs reps who visited the practice where he works.

The Youth Health and Development Programme (YHDP), designed for adolescents from 15 to 18 years old, employs some 450 volunteers, and they are, from all indications, the backbone of the operation.

Atlantic Coast Airlines said yesterday that it was calling its new low-cost airline venture Independence Air, and that it had entered into an agreement with Airbus to buy 15 A320-family aircraft and lease 10 others to form the "backbone" of that operation.

The security policy is the backbone of the entire operation because it defines the rules of conducting a business.

"NGOs constitute the backbone of the humanitarian operation in South Sudan, through the services of both South Sudanese and foreign aid workers," Amanda Pitt, spokesperson at the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, told VICE News.

He hopes to make Ixir the backbone of these operations.

As part of its preparations for a possible war, the Pakistani government also said that it would recall about 4,500 troops from Sierra Leone, where they have formed the backbone of the United Nations' peacekeeping operation in the West African nation.

"The backbone of their operation is being taken out because so many of their volunteers are public officials and public employees," said Jim Trakas, the former chairman of the Cuyahoga County Republican Party, who is running against Representative Dennis J. Kucinich, a Democrat.

The next test is little more than two weeks from now, in South Carolina, where Mr. McCain has been building a network of retired military officers as the backbone of his operation but still trails Mr. Bush in some polls by 20 points.