Sentence examples for backed the argument from inspiring English sources

Osborne insisted the government backed the argument of the Bank of England's executive director for financial stability, Andy Haldane, that operations inside the ringfence should be run completely separately from riskier investment banking, with distinct governance and risk management.

The report backed the argument in favour of expanding Heathrow in last week's pre-budget report, warning that without a new runway its competitive position would deteriorate "to the disadvantage of the UK economy and to the advantage of continental hub airports which are continuing to grow".

An influential committee of MPs has backed the argument for a third runway and said a fourth should also be considered.

As Cribsheet reported on Friday, an educational pack produced for schools backs the argument made in the film Anonymous that the real author of Shakespeare's plays was the "better educated" Earl of Oxford.

This pyramid was most likely the burial place for Itzam K'an Ahk II, and seeing as how Ha' K'in Xook, Yo'nal Ahk III, and K'inich Yat Ahk II all revered the site as a dynastic shrine it is further evidence to back the argument that Ha' K'in Xook was the son of Itzam K'an Ahk II.

Consumer advocates contend that the oil company could have done more to bolster gasoline inventories and help lower prices, and on Monday they backed up the argument with the help of a wandering oil tanker.

Whether someone calls this "legal underpinning" will depend on whether they are backing the Conservative argument or the Lab/Lib Dem one.

An oft-cited example to back up the argument for flexibility is that of the company which elects not to include the results of a money-losing subsidiary in its reported earnings.

To back up the argument, we performed a rescue experiment of the DopR1 mutant LTM by expressing the wild-type transgene in the Kenyon cells.

It would also help deflate the argument that health reform is going to ruin health care — just as the start of Medicare, one year after its passage in 1965, beat back the argument that it equaled socialism.

Terry McAuliffe, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, said Friday that Democrats needed to beat back the argument, advanced by the administration, that the deficit was caused by spending to fight terrorism.