Local personnel make up the backbone of any aid operation.
Sunnis are the majority in the country of 22 million and make up the backbone of the opposition.
Marketing budgets, as well as large-scale manufacturing and distribution, make up the backbone of the largest companies' success.
Together, these seven companies operate a huge share of the high-capacity undersea fibre-optic cables that make up the backbone of the internet's architecture.
The sharing of tools and workspaces, collective ownership of property, revolving credit associations and barter systems make up the backbone of the economy.
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The collective's appeal is captured in the slew of singles - 'Keep On Moving', 'Back To Life', 'Fairplay' - that make up the backbone of Club Classics.
Stories that make up the backbone of casual, allusion-filled conversation, like "Green Eggs and Ham" and "Where the Wild Things Are" and "Winnie-the-Pooh".
Other data is collected from extensive cable tapping operations: the collection of both metadata and the content of communications travelling through the fibre-optic cables that make up the backbone of the internet.
The hot real estate market is also creating a panic among members of the working class, who have made up the backbone of the city, as rents rise and renters are evicted, legally and not.
