Sentence examples for backstop of a from inspiring English sources

The backstop of a veto gives bite to the committees that do the scrutiny.

It took a lucky bounce off the brick backstop of a wayward fastball — it caromed directly to Posada, who tossed to Sabathia for a tag of Nelson Cruz — for him to escape a bases-loaded, two-out jam in the first with 36 pitches.

Across the street, the owner had painstakingly strapped the barbecue into place on his deck to keep it from blowing away, only to have the entire 30-by-10-foot 30-by-10-foot 30-by-10-foot 30-by-10-footp of a nearby baseball fieldeck

However, if these allies can't contain these regional threats, the U.S. military should be configured and prepared to be a backstop of last resort in case of any emergency--a defense posture that worked in World War II.

"There they are," Mr. Twisselman said, training binoculars on a distant clearing where a handful of elk stood inside a backstop of interlocking hills.

Once the company has a backstop of $200,000 in cash, I'll start paying back debt.

Second, the euro zone's permanent rescue fund became operative last week after months of wrangling and legal challenges, providing a backstop of €500 billion, or $645 billion, for countries that risk losing access to capital markets.

New legislation authorizing a backstop of the mortgage finance companies leaves it up to the Treasury secretary to decide whether to honor preferred dividend payments or to repay subordinated bondholders before the government, an S.& P. analyst, Victoria Wagner, said.

Most troublesome of all were those whose difficulties infected the banks, because the banks had either lent them money or had provided them with a backstop of some kind.

During a highly charged news conference, Mr. Sócrates insisted Friday that Portugal would not need a bailout — even though the leader of the 17 euro zone ministers, Jean-Claude Juncker of Luxembourg, had just publicly speculated that a backstop of around 75 billion euros, or $106 billion, might be required.

All classes are assessed for quality, and that is the right way to ensure a backstop of high standards.**.**