Sentence examples for based on the backs of from inspiring English sources
"There have been times when communities or individuals believed that their advancements were based on the backs of others rather than on winning a piece of the larger pie.
While some have suggested the egg industry should police itself, history shows that industries based on the backs of the disenfranchised do not voluntarily soften the suffering of those they exploit — all the more so when the victims are millions of hens the public never sees.
That's fueled concern by top Democrats like Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev ., who saiD-Nev .ne that members of his caucus "don't think there should be deficit reduction based on the backs of these young men and whoen who are trying to go to college".
Goldman Sachs multiplied the effects of the collapse of sub-prime loans by funding and creating billions of dollars of bets based on the back of the loans.
We are being asked to risk staying in the EU based on the back of empty promises from the EU that are not even backed up in Treaty.
All else has to be categorised as revision based on the back of Australia's second good Test day of 12 in this series.
We are being asked to risk staying in the EU based on the back of empty promises from the EU that are not even backed up in a treaty".
"He's had a great season for us, but that's been based on the back of him coming from no conditioning standards at all, no real rugby background - so the last two seasons have been big in terms of his development.
We use biotech ingredients based on the backing of groups including the World Health Organization, the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, and the American Medical Association that confirm there are no safety concerns.
That's especially the case if the public is encouraged to report suspicions of neighbors, colleagues, and community members based on a "hair-on-the-back-of-your-neck" threshold.
They'd rather commission a jukebox musical based on the back catalogue of the Boomtown Rats or something.
