Sentence examples for championed before from inspiring English sources

Business secretary Vince Cable gave a strong signal of a possible trade off between the top rate of tax and the "mansion tax" he championed before the general election.

It was supposed to report last autumn, but the leaked idea of replacing the licence fee with direct taxation ( a move Dyke has championed before) was opposed by other members of the group and has already been rejected by David Cameron.

In terms that infuriated the Lib Dems, Gove told the Policy Exchange thinktank that the pupil premium, which channels extra money to disadvantaged young people, was an idea which "I championed before entering politics and which I am delighted to have delivered in government".

Chu became the first energy secretary to secure funding for ARPA-E, which he had championed before coming to Washington.

In terms of identity, Hillary Clinton might be a liberal according to fivethirtyeight.com, yet their analysis gives her a free pass on war, gay marriage, and other issues liberals had championed before they were popular.

Israel Dagg and Cory Jane scored tries for the world champions before Nathan Sharpe crossed for the Wallabies' only try just before half-time.

Gibbons said: "I've never been senior British champion before, so it was great to come away with that title.

Susan K. Freedman, the president of the Public Art Fund, championed the proposal before the Bloomberg administration.

It's a cause Kessel was championing long before the #thisgirlcan campaign made us misty-eyed with its cinema adverts.

United had to survive heavy pressure from League One champions Rangers before prevailing in their semi-final.

There have been surprising champions before.