Sentence examples for expressed backing from inspiring English sources

At the hustings all five party leaders expressed backing for a gender neutral passport.

Scotland's electorate expressed backing for devolution in 1979 and 1997; in 2014 its experience of competent, responsive social democratic government may encourage it to take the bolder step.

The Greens have already given their in-principle support for a parliamentary inquiry, and other crossbench senators expressed backing for an inquiry but reserved their decision until a formal motion was put.

As Rusbridger said at the time, having the democratically expressed backing of the journalists gave him a unique springboard as editor and he could not imagine a future Guardian editor being chosen without the support of a staff ballot.

When six of Europe's largest oil and gas companies, including BP and Royal Dutch Shell, expressed backing for a global carbon pricing system last month, it boosted hopes that the fossil fuel industry was getting serious about fighting global warming.

Of course, given the experience of the former Liberian President, Charles Taylor, Mr. Gbagbo is more likely to be persuaded if such an accord has the expressed backing of the Security Council of the United Nations.

The final concern the Fed expressed back in September was about interest rates.

Mr. Gore has remained consistent on some relatively conservative views he expressed back then -- on national defense and criminal justice, for example.

The disclosures provided by Edward Snowden has brought into light the worst fears that critics of the overwrought Patriot Act expressed back in 2001.

There's nothing wrong with this sort of slow-burn, acquisitive thrill, but for me it represents a betrayal of the pioneer ethic I heard expressed back in winter 2013.

Linda Sarsour, the Palestinian-American political activist, expressed back in March how feminists need to care for Palestinian women, and alluded to the sentiment that Zionism and feminism are incompatible.