Sentence examples for backstop role from inspiring English sources

But Mr. Gardner wrote that even "many free market proponents acknowledge that the government will play some backstop role in a future system" and be compensated for it.

But if the initial results from South Carolina and Florida are confirmed by other pollsters, they would suggest that Florida could play a backstop role for Mr. Romney, in somewhat the same way that New Hampshire did for him relative to Iowa.

Some mighty and diverse groups are lining up against significant reductions in the government's role as backstop to the mortgage industry.

State trials have played an invaluable role in backstopping an all-too-fallible F.D.A.: ferreting out corporate documents, compensating injured patients, and giving manufacturers an incentive to exercise extreme care in production and labeling.

The Obama administration has proposed several options for a smaller federal role in backstopping mortgages: the companies' regulator is exploring how to draw private insurers into the mortgage market via loss-sharing arrangements with Fannie and Freddie.

Mr. Johnson adds that while capital "does and must play an important role" as a backstop, it can't be the only guarantee against disaster.

While the American federal government is used to playing the role of financial backstop for the states, making loans and other guarantees to weaker EU members is a new role for Germany or France to play.

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And there is also speculation that at least one G.E. executive may parachute into a senior operational role at NBC to backstop Mr. Zucker.

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And the paper's columnist, Peter McKay, raises concerns about Ofcom's potential role in acting as a regulatory backstop: "Some MPs are worried about the role all-powerful, Labour-dominated Ofcom will play".