Sentence examples for loyal backer from inspiring English sources

In the summer Mr Immelt added a loyal backer by bringing in Abu Dhabi's Mubadala sovereign-wealth fund as a big shareholder.

Renan Calheiros, the Senate president, formerly a loyal backer of Ms Rousseff, recently threw out of the chamber a presidential decree that would have ended some payroll-tax breaks.

As a loyal backer of Mr. Mubarak, and a former member of his governing National Democratic Party, he had not dared to show up at the protests against Mr. Morsi, for fear of tainting a movement whose aims he supported with unmistakable glee.

Also noticeable were some who stuck by Mr. Clinton in the impeachment imbroglio -- like his friend Vernon Jordan; the actress Whoopi Goldberg, his loyal backer; and Gene Lyons, a journalist who wrote a recent book harshly critical of Kenneth W. Starr, the former independent counsel.

In April, the company lost over $20 billion in value after South African investment and media firm Naspers — an early and loyal backer — announced it was trimming its stake by two percent.

He has some powerful and loyal backers.

Mr. Schwarz, a solid conductor and tireless booster, built up the orchestra and won many loyal backers.

Such dissents are serving to widen rifts between Qaeda leaders and some former loyal backers, Western and Middle Eastern diplomats say.

The business mogul has received unwavering and growing support from crowds of loyal backers among the Republican grassroots in his bid to become the next US president.

The "establishment" candidates Senator Joseph Lieberman, Senator John Kerry and Dick Gephardt, a former House of Representatives minority leader were among the most loyal backers of Mr Bush in his case for war.

He imagined a vast conspiracy against him, and jailed and tortured thousands of his most loyal backers, including his own mother and sister.