Sentence examples for backstop so that from inspiring English sources

Treasury is providing this backstop so that markets can have confidence that we will maintain sufficient capital in the financial system.

But she said the federal government "is a kind of backstop, so that if the state does not take responsibility and does not take custody, the federal government will ensure that the person will not be released".

Conrad says that Congress can probably develop a "framework" and a "backstop" so that the world can see that they are "serious" about doing things, which all pretty much screams "SPOILER ALERT: THESE GUYS WILL BE USELESS, AS ALWAYS!" right in my face with the force of a thousand gales.

He reckons that investors associate sovereign-default risk with overall financial risk because governments now backstop so much of the system.

"There is now a backstop for Greece, so that the scenarios that were circulating in terms of potential failure are now completely irrelevant," he said.

It is easy to see how the umpires are fooled: the backstops look so different that it seems impossible to believe they are catching the same pitch.

Apoptosis or programmed cell suicide is a backstop mechanism that appears to be particularly prominent as a response in stem cells capable of indefinite proliferation.

Wants to limit the backstop to the 31st of December, 2021, perhaps so that on New Year's Eve, beautiful glowing sparks of Derry can rain down upon Northern Ireland.

Laying out her vision for Ofcom's role in the future of the BBC and UK broadcasting for the first time, chief executive Sharon White says the new unitary board at the BBC must be strong enough to act as the first port of call for any complaints so that the regulator could be the "backstop" for the most serious issues.

Oliver, who started so that Jorge Posada could get a break by serving as the designated hitter, closed his mitt too soon and the ball bounced off the tip, and rolled to the backstop by the Yankees' dugout.

But it is a limited backstop that can only be used as a last resort.