Sentence examples for backed the motion from inspiring English sources

Sauerbrunn said the team backed the motion fully.

Chris Huhne, the energy secretary, backed the motion.

While 182 countries backed the motion, only Israel, Palau, the Marshall Islands and America itself voted against.

Let them vote.update at 18.15 The House of Commons backed the motion by 234 to 22 on a free vote.

Ten government members were absent from the vote, and some ministers who backed the motion did so with deep unhappiness.

Around 37,000 German citizens have backed the motion, which was brought by the More Democracy movement.

"So I will be backing the motion".

He urges delegates to back the motion.

Even Juncker critics on the left refused to back the motion, while the mainstream Christian and social democrats, and liberals all solidly supported the president.

Republicans backing the motion said it merely reaffirmed Mr Bush's current policy; Democrats said it was meant to improve it.

Others, though, were furious that the 160 or so Co-op members eligible to vote at the meeting were going to back the motion.