Sentence examples for backed firm from inspiring English sources

At 92, she is straight backed, firm jawed and vibrantly healthy, living alone in an immaculate brick ranch house high on a hill near McKeesport, a Pittsburgh suburb.

AtTask doesn't view Asana, another richly backed firm operating in the enterprise collaboration space, as a specific competitor, though I doubt you would see a firm employ both across their enterprise.

Restaurants are also feeling the strain of stiff competition in the crowded casual dining sector, after an influx of private-equity backed firms.

Downing Street backed firms paying a living wage, but said restricting contracts in this way could be illegal.

All this follows on the heels of 105 IPOs for VC backed firms in 2014, the WSJ reported.

This will provide access to innovative VC backed firms but also keep SBIR money flowing to other deserving small businesses.

Allow VC backed firms to win SBIR grants, but limit the amount to a maximum of 40% of the total pie.

And they also were able to back firms and banks with emergency lending.

Entrepreneurs complain that local investors lack the appetite or the patience to back firms with strong growth potential, instead preferring companies with proven business models.

– £50m "girl grant" to back firms with a good gender balance.

"By tackling repeat silent calls, backed by firm enforcement action, Ofcom expects to see a sharp reduction in consumer harm".