Sentence examples for backing not only from inspiring English sources

That means backing not only treaty allies but in practice their territorial claims against China.

Democratic candidates covet Mr. Cuomo's backing not only because he is popular, but also because his popularity is not limited to liberals.

Unfortunately, Mr. Zelaya has the backing not only of Mr. Chávez and his satellites but also of governments such as Brazil -- with which the Obama administration hoped to forge a regional partnership.

President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia said on Wednesday that the proposal had the backing not only of Russia but also of Iran, another ally of President Bashar al-Assad of Syria, and Turkey, which backs some anti-Assad groups.

During the 3 1/2 years since, Koch has moved so far rightward that in his 1981 re-election campaign he has the backing not only of all 5 of the city's Democratic county chairmen but of 4 of the 5 Republican bosses.

Many lawmakers were decidedly unenthusiastic, but they were reluctant to block a bill that had the strong backing not only of the retiring Speaker of the House, Thomas P. O'Neill Jr., Democrat of Massachusetts, but also of the President, who has made tax revision his major domestic priority.

Now the entire project, backed not only by Obama but also by California Gov. Jerry Brown (D), is in limbo.

The rescues were backed not only by members of Ms. Merkel's center-right coalition, but also by the opposition Social Democrats and Greens.

Andreessen and Horowitz backed not only Burbn but also Kevin Systrom and supported him through his decision to pivot and make Instagram, later sold to Facebook for $1bn.

Iran, they now generally reckon, backs not only the Houthis in the north but also secessionists in the south.The details, to do with a series of alleged intercepted Iranian arms shipments to Yemen, remain murky.

The present drive for a moratorium is backed not only by the death penalty's usual opponents but also by the American Bar Association, the National Conference of Catholic Bishops and such influential newspapers as the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune and the St Louis Post-Dispatch.