Sentence examples for foremost backer from inspiring English sources

Saudi Arabia, the foremost backer of Syrian Sunni rebels fighting Bashar al-Assad's regime, insisted that it would attend the Geneva meeting.

The Iranian regime has been Syria's Bashar al-Assad's foremost backer -- militarily, financially and otherwise.

"Even if Yucca Mountain were open today, we'd still need a second repository very quickly," said Lamar Alexander, a Republican from Tennessee and one of the Senate's foremost backers of nuclear power.

"Indexing the minimum wage to inflation would help working families make ends meet as costs rise," said Allison Preiss, a spokeswoman for Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), one of the foremost backers of a higher minimum wage.

First backer of Theatre Guild.

Its foremost financial backer is Barry Diller's IAC/InterActiveCorp. Diller's role adds an element of personal drama.

The foremost of Kovner's backers was Mrs. Skoglund, who had inherited a large dairy business from her late husband.

"My obligation to all of you generous Kickstarter backers is foremost in my mind and I have not served you as well as I should have," he said.

Although health care has been hotly debated, it wasn't the foremost election issue for backers of either Obama or GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney, Kaiser found.

That question is foremost on the minds of the syndicate backers here, where budgets for America's Cup yachts have climbed to staggering levels and money flows like bilge water.

"It's the question I am always asked," says Lloyd. "Why is there no museum of the civil war?" Dr Pelai Pagès, professor of contemporary history at the University of Barcelona, is one of Spain's foremost historians of the conflict and a prime backer of the museum project.