Sentence examples for backing one from inspiring English sources

"We worry about being seen to endorse something which could give people the impression that we were backing one side," Mr. Thompson said on the BBC's Web site.

Backing one team is fine, openly wishing ill on another not so.

Solo and backing one another, they conjure a virtuoso back-porch jam session.

– a risky venture backing one at commencement of election (fire rays; dare (rev).

It was a battle between Uncle Sam and the Evil Empire, with other nations backing one side or the other.

"But this family, they seem to have remained very strong, and they are always backing one another up.

We have therefore withdrawn from membership of CBI Scotland while they are officially backing one side in that debate".

Late Wednesday night, young men backing one opposition candidate, Isa Gambar, brawled with the police outside his headquarters, causing a number of injuries.

In time, though, Rwanda and Uganda have also become antagonists, with Rwanda backing one rebel group and Uganda backing two others that nominally joined forces this week.

"One day David Davis says there is no need for a transitional deal, the next the chancellor is backing one," he said.

Lobbyists for an array of interest groups swarmed Capitol Hill backing one bill or another or seeking change, working sometimes in odd-couple alliances.