Sentence examples for backbone on the part from inspiring English sources

He added that the commission chairman's letter "is an interesting example of backbone on the part of Donaldson".

Stone, at a minimum, is part of the ACLU, and thus might have a bit of a backbone on the privacy side of things.

It was Mr. Obama, he argued, who showed a lack of backbone on the issue.

But Hillary Clinton is showing some real backbone on the issue, which deserves applause.

The 2008 Iwate-Miyagi Nairiku Earthquake (Mj 7.2) occurred on June 14 , 2008 at the eastern flank of the Ou backbone range, in the central part of northern Honshu, Japan.

Lower-division courses are the financial backbone of many part-time faculty and departments (especially the humanities).

They can be of varying configurations, but mainly consist of a polymer backbone and a ligand pendant on the backbone.

"British forces have put a bit of backbone into the U.N. effort but are not part of it," he said.

Photoshop, digital collaging techniques, and highly conceptual motivations form the backbone of the work on display.

And it is built and distributed on the backbone of the Internet.

Kadijević later justified the JNA's offensive against Vukovar on the grounds that it was part of the "backbone of the Croatian army" and had to be "liberated".