Sentence examples for backed an effort from inspiring English sources

Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft, in 2010 backed an effort not to roll back California's global warming law.

The movement exerts substantial sway over the GOP leaders in the House, who backed an effort to strip funding for Obamacare in a budget bill passed last week.

Two years ago, both he and the council backed an effort to eliminate term limits for county elected officials, but the measure was easily defeated.

At today's meeting, the state's organizations of trial judges and prosecutors backed an effort to rescind that resolution, saying that it went too far and that the state was not ready for wholesale change.

But when the hotel workers' side blocked the dissolution, Mr. Raynor backed an effort by apparel workers to disaffiliate from Unite Here and form a new union, leading to the charges that he had violated his fiduciary duties.

In June, Jack in the Box announced the end of toys in its children's meals, and this month, Burger King, IHOP and more than a dozen other restaurant chains backed an effort led by the National Restaurant Association to serve and promote healthier options for youngsters.

Ms. Hochul ran a weeklong television advertising campaign accusing Ms. Corwin of backing an effort that would end Medicare while providing tax breaks to the rich.

As governor of Texas, Mr. Bush opposed gay marriages and gay adoptions and refused to back an effort to get rid of an old anti-sodomy law that made homosexual acts a crime.

As opera lovers arrived at Lincoln Center for last night's opening, they were greeted by hundreds of cacophonous demonstrators backing an effort to unionize 95 restaurant workers at the Metropolitan Opera House.

Wireless chip designer Qualcomm said Monday that it's backing an effort from start-up Zeebo to build a gaming console for the developing world.

In a stunning development, Disney 's board endorsed a plan to try to turn the media giant around–as opposed to a board vote backing an effort to let the mouse house continue to slide downhill.