Sentence examples for backers with from inspiring English sources

Parties have rewarded their backers with peerages for ages.

(I was one of those backers, with my own money).

He rewarded these backers with coveted diplomatic appointments to London, Paris, Tokyo and other capitals.

The Egyptians pins down these forces and their backers with care and in chilling detail.

Mr. Karzai has also frequently irked his American backers with his inflammatory comments denouncing the allied coalition.

We are lucky that Colonel Qaddafi has few if any outside backers, with even the Arab League endorsing intervention.

Ainslie hopes to raise around half of the $100m required from private backers, with the rest from commercial sponsorship.

She rewarded her backers with a gallant second-place effort, returning $10.60 and $6.40 on a $2 bet.

Deitch and the other backers, with their initial investment fast running out, decided to sell some of the sculptures in advance to major collectors.

But while Bodemeister was tempting his backers with soaring victories and near-misses, I'll Have Another was mounting a steady campaign.

Under Japan's electoral system, in which a significant percentage of legislators is chosen indirectly, parties reward institutional backers with seats in Parliament.