Sentence examples for need a backbone from inspiring English sources

If you are going to have a platform and a network, you need a backbone to it.

The decision to persist with Matt Prior as long as England did was understandable at the time, given the idea that it was thought the new players would need a backbone of experience to help them through.

When approaching the one you want to dump avoid bringing your friends; he/she will think you need a backbone to rely on.

The others, English or Scottish, reflect Liverpool's old philosophy that to win the English league you need a solid backbone of British talents, and British willingness to run the extra mile to win a soccer game.

"We need a strong backbone and I'm looking to develop that and you have to make changes sometimes".

But in the real world politicians need an artificial backbone.

His highest-profile moment this year was probably his arresting guest verse on Drake's "Take Care," on which he talks about the seductions of fame, about needing a strong backbone to hold onto one's principles, and about ultimately giving in.

David Leam, infrastructure director at lobby group London First, said the government needed "to show backbone", adding: "We need a clear timetable for airport expansion as soon as possible, because the decision to greenlight a new runway won't get any easier".

They don't need a Royal Charter so much as they do a backbone.

Barack Obama and Joe Biden seem to understand that we need a dramatically different way to rebuild our nation's backbone.

A new fictional heroine is needed: a woman with backbone, to inspire us in a time of global recession.